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HAPPY NEW YEAR STEVE--Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] PMDX-407 and PMDX-410 for Mach4 now available

Posted by William Thomas
on 2015-01-11 13:13:31 UTC
On 06 Jan 2015 20:06:50 -0800, stevesng@... [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] wrote

>
 

>
> PMDX is now shipping two new boards in our line
of

> SmartBOB-USB products for Mach4 users.
>
> The PMDX-410
SmartBOB-USB is a motion control engine

> for use with existing breakout
boards or with driver

> boxes such as the PMDX-340 or the GeckoDrive G540.
It

> is derived from the PMDX-422 but omits the relay and
> the
terminal strips for the pins that are part of the

> standard parallel
port. These signals are served by

> the 26 pin ribbon header which is used
to connect the

> parallel port signals to the mating ribbon header
or

> DB-25 connector on the companion device.
>
> The extra
signals available from a SmartBOB-USB, above

> and beyond those in a
standard parallel port, are still

> made available on a pluggable
terminal strip.

>
> The PMDX-410 is priced at $129 each and can be
bundled

> with the Mach4Hobby software for a $10 discount.
>
> The PMDX-407 is a basic spindle speed control interface
> that
mounts on top of a PMDX-410 or PMDX-422 and provides

> an analog speed
control voltage for VFDs or other spindle

> drives. There is also a set of
RUN contacts to turn the

> spindle on and off. Optical isolation is
provided between

> both output circuits and the control circuits that come
> from the SmartBOB.
>
> The RUN contacts can directly
switch 120 VAC to control

> small contactors such as the
PMDX-ContactorMD20-120. Using

> a contactor to control the AC mains input
to a DC spindle

> driver provides failsafe operation of those DC spindle
drives

> that do not have an electronic input for real on/off control.
> This includes the KBIC motor controller from Penta used on
> the
Sherline machines and also those found on most imported

> mills and
lathes with DC spindle motors.

>
> Direction control of VFDs is
optionally available by using

> the relay on the PMDX-422.
>
> The PMDX-407 is priced at $38 each.
>
> You can see these
new products at: HTTP://www.PMDX.com

>
>
Regards,

> Steve Stallings
> PMDX


>


>



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2015-01-06 20:06:51 UTC PMDX-407 and PMDX-410 for Mach4 now available William Thomas 2015-01-11 13:13:31 UTC HAPPY NEW YEAR STEVE--Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] PMDX-407 and PMDX-410 for Mach4 now available