On 23 March 2017 at 18:28, Ken Strauss <[email protected]> wrote: > >From postings on this list earlier this year I believe that Sarah Armstrong > and Rene Hopf (and perhaps others) have had some success interfacing to a > Renishaw MP10 or similar probe. I recently got an MP7 so I'm very interested.
I decided not to bother with the inductive link on mine, and only retained the probe itself, hard-wiring it to a GPIO. I got a little bit fancy with a home-made "Magsafe" style connector, in case I ever forgot to remove it before starting the spindle. This approach saves me a fair bit of headroom, which is a plus with my small mill. https://goo.gl/photos/snGgoumya4gXL3Ar8 I kept the ball interface betwixt the probe and the arbour, there is a gap where the screws are to allow the probe-ball to be centred. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
