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I just got my Windows 10 PC running and setup as shown in the Centroid video then hooked up the Acorn in the "Bench Test" mode sitting at my desk. I had purchased the license for Centroid Pro CNC and received a email with the license file but no instructions on how to install the license. ...

Messed up again -

I just noticed that Centroid requires a single thread benchmark of 1500 and the i3-6100U benchmark is 1332 - Darn!!
Good thing Office Depot has a 14 day return policy as the PC I bought doesn't meet the requirements.

Back to the "drawing board".....

Hi Marty, The benchmark for the i3-6100U (in the PC I bought) is 3871 which is well past Centroid's requirement and the newer version, i3-7100U, is 3845 which is 26 less than the older version. See why I decided to save a couple of hundred and get the older version that is on sale? Here is the web s...

Agreed. In fact I ordered a power supply for my next project for this very reason (and thank you for posting it Orin), the combo Meanwell 24VDC/5VDC power supply was less than $20 shipped to my door from JAMECO. Not worth bothering with resistors. I will have one power supply for logic, 24VDC will ...

I was going to buy a touchscreen monitor but looking at the specs on my "shop" PC, I found that I needed to update the PC as well. As I was looking around I saw the Dell Inspiron 3263 All-In-One Computer was on sale for $480 so I decided to go that way and picked up one yesterday. It has t...

Hi Marty, Maybe you missed this statement in my post that you referenced: The reason I had drawn the drawing showing using the 24V logic supply and 2K dropping resistors is that method of interfacing a controller with a Leadshine type stepper driver appears to be the "standard" used by alm...

Good Evening Keith, Good to see your post regarding using the dropping resistors which clarifies a lot of this discussion. I'll be using a Meanwell MDR-20-5 (5V, 3A) supply that I have sitting on the shelf and I really do like using DIN rail mounts because it's so easy to re-position items if need-b...

Good Morning Keith, The reason I had drawn the drawing showing using the 24V logic supply and 2K dropping resistors is that method of interfacing a controller with a Leadshine type stepper driver appears to be the "standard" used by almost all of the stepper driver suppliers. I spent a num...

I think you're right Marty and really don't understand why they suggest a separate 5V power supply instead of using the 24V logic power supply and dropping resistors. I'm sure there is a reason and hopefully we'll find out later when either Chuck of Keith have time to dive deep into the discussion r...

Hi Keith, Well, guess now I need 3 power supplies: PS1 - 24 VCD for Acorn Logic PS2 - 24 VDC for stepper motors PS3 - 5 VDC for Stepper driver / Acorn interface Thanks to Chuck for making the drawing so quickly and to you for posting the drawing this afternoon. Also received a email that the Acorn i...