Hi all... I've bought a laser to attach to my already operational CNC mill... As usual with Chinese parts the documentation is useless and doesn't cover any wiring info - leading me to search it out instead. Except I can't find exactly what I'm looking for - can someone confirm whether I have understood things right?
I have a DB25-1205 breakout board. It has a 5v power supply only - not a 12v supply like my laser needs, neither does it have a relay. You can see it here:
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My Laser is a Sculpfun S9. It has a 3 pin connection on the controller board already that's mounted to it. The pins are '(12V+' 'GND' 'PWM')
https://www.sculpfun3d.com/productinfo/720040.html
Is my solution to simply connect both wires from a 12v power supply to the Vcc and GND pins above - then connect a single wire to the PWM pin and run that to one of the pins (pin 17 I understand) on my breakout board?
If that is correct then I guess I can power on the laser by turning on the power supply - but it will be effectively off until the software sends a PWM signal to fire it up?... i.e by me running code or playing with the controls manually in Mach3
I hope this makes sense... All advice appreciated ????