The Yoke is finally finished! Hopefully it'll be here by the end of the day.
Thanks again John, Larry, Chuck, Mark & Rob!
Today I got around to putting all of the holes into the steel enclosure box. I also test fitted all of the bulkhead connectors for the various inputs and outputs.
The "front" of the box has four large 3-pin connectors for the four servo motors and smaller 6-pin connectors (5 pins of which will be used) for the four servo motor encoders. All of the connectors have built in caps to protect the unused connections from dust and moisture.
The "back" of the box has a power switch, eight 3-pin connectors for four limit switches and four outputs, as well as a 2-pin connector for an e-stop
mushroom, and a 2-pin connector for the VFD. There is also a PC case style AC male plug for power.
The "top" and "bottom" of the box will each have two 92mm double ball bearing fans with filters. The bottom two will draw air in, and the top two will draw air out.
I am using Bob Campbell's Combo break out board, and I wanted to make sure that I had everything covered. I hope I'm not missing anything. I will not be using all of these connections now, but I am trying to "future proof" the enclosure as much as possible.
The only thing I seem to be missing is a contact probe input. Does anyone know how to physically interface a touch probe to Mach 3? In other words, where do I connect the touch probe so that Mach 3 can use it?
The contact probe itself has a small malle mini stereo type plug found on headphones. If I install a matching female mini stereo jack, where do I connect that on Bob Campbell's combo break out board?