Re: L298 goes boom on my camtronics :(

Hey Al,
Thanks for the help, I will let ya know. Yeah, I did something
wrong :) Wonder if my boards are connected together more then I
figured and only J8 needs to be connected for all 4 axis. When I got
the single board I was a little unsure of how to connect it to the 3
axis one so I kinda connected it "independently." Its probably no
more independent then it would of been if connected the "right" way
and that is why it probably blew. I never checked to see if J8 would
turn all 4 axis off, I do know it turned off XYZ. And I know J4 did
turn off the 4th axis. Interesting stuff hehehehe.

Well, overall it's gonna be cheaper then I figured, the L298 are
$3ish and the L297 $4ish. Have not ordered yet, just taking a break :)

tauseef

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "alenz2002" <alenz@b...> wrote:
> Hi Tauseef,
> I was pretty sure, but I just now checked to make sure, and I am
> using a single pole single throw switch to enable/disable all four
> axis and it works fine. It comes off J8 on the main board. There is
> an eight pin connector J1 on the fourth axis board that that ties
it
> to the main board. One of the pins is marked 'enable'. I don't
> remember exactly where it ties into the main board, but Dan's
> instructions must have covered it or else I couldn't have wired it
up
> in the first place. If need be, I can open up the box and trace
out
> the J1 connections, if it would help.
> Al