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Hall Effect Limit Switches
I finally got the router back in service today....yay! ( all 3 axis are as smooth as silk now )
I decided to start cutting out some acrylic housings for some Hall Effect Limit Switches.
I saw the thread on CNCZONE ( Electronic home switches made easy! )
and was going to use the same IC but my machine uses a AKZ250 Motion Control Card and I can't get them to work in Mach3. They use Gekko drives. Can't imagine them being different, but I couldn't get them to work. I tested 44E's and the inbuilt SMD led DID work but the IC would not work with Mach3.
I did find that 49E's do work, but cant get a led to operate from it, so I'm just going to use the IC without any led indication.
I bought some 10 mm Acrylic off Ebay and drew up a simple housing. Its deep enough that I can rotate the IC 90°( if I need to ) and it will still fit. Bonus.
Going to fill the cavity with epoxy once I confirm the mounting point on the machine. I may need to adjust the position of the slots yet...will see.
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