Originally Posted by
cjchands
1. Source of 5V supply that you said can be obtained from anywhere (wallmart, etc...) Question is can you connected to the computer powersupply, it has 5, 12+, 12- Vdc?
2. You stated that
" On the breakout board CONNECT TERMINALS 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, AND 25 TOGATHER." So in other word, if not connected these pins together, they are isolated ground? From MACH 3 document, i thought coming out from the PC parellel port, these pins are "already" connected together?
3. Again, i am very newbie when comes to "BREAKOUT BOARD", my understanding is that only make the wiring connection easier? So does anyone just ignore the breakout board, and try to connect each wiring directly to the parellel socket pin?