Re: Gecko 5V supply

Hi Dan,
Your idea will work! But it is considered bad news to have
an experimentor use voltages from inside of a computer. While these
voltages are low, a bad supply can cause electrocution! Not to
mention blowing out the computer. I suggest using an external
supply.

John

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@s...> wrote:
> I simply got what Radio Shack calls a floppy drive extension cable.
The cost
> is a couple bucks. I simply cut off all the wires with the
exception of the
> Red wire. This is the +5. I spiced a longer length of 22 AWG red
wire and
> soldered then insulated this.
> Simply plug into an unused floppy drive connector from the PC power
supply
> with the power off and connect the other end to the G320 +5
terminal. You
> can daisy from this to other C320's.
>
>
>
> Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jvicars@c... <jvicars@c...>
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y... <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...>
> Date: Sunday, April 01, 2001 7:05 AM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Gecko 5V supply
>
>
> >The Gecko 201 manual says that the 5V for step and direction must
come
> >from the indexer/pulse source. I.E. the computer. I don't really
> >understand how to accomplish this. Can you get 5V through the
> >parallel port somehow, or do you have to run a 5V line from the
> >computer to the drivers?
> >Anybody have advice on how to hook this up?
> >
> >