Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

Hello all,

I am exploring ideas for a tool changer. Right now I'm interested in a rack mounted ATC system on the bed. I'm wondering if within centroid I could prevent certain movements when in that range of the machine travel. Ideally I'd be able to provide 2 "rules".

1. No loaded G-code file ...

What EMI filters are you using? I wish high power IP20 rated filters were more common. It seems like most of what I see have exposed terminals.

I’m sorry if I missed this, but does centroid provide any general recommendations for the use of EMI filters or other techniques for best practice in wiring of control panels?

My build is using ac servos and 2 VFDs.

its possible, but right now we are not working on it.
first step would be to identify a couple of good units and get a few in for evaluation to see what is possible.
keep in mind third party support for any component adds complexity and support issues (whos fault is it?? ) and we always end up ...

I just saw on the Acorn 6 page that an analog expansion card is planned. That could be great, although 4 inputs and 4 outputs is lower than what I would prefer.

My request for Modbus support still remains.

I am building 2 custom machines and would like to include a range of system monitoring/error checking elements to it. Here are a few examples

-Control Panel Temp
-Vacuum Hold down pressure
-Vacuum dust collector pressure
-Spindle Load
-AC Servo Drive Load
-Total System Current Draw

All of the ...

Thanks for the suggestion all, the feedback is what I expected. It would be cool if Centroid had a method of running parallel G-code, but I imagine that is an extremely niche and rarely justified use. Other applications may lathes with multiple turrets or applications where the additional axis are ...

I'm considering a building a CNC router that uses a single gantry with 2 X axis oriented axis, each driving an independent Z axis oriented axis. Basically imagine a traditional CNC router with 2 fully independent spindles with independent movement on X and Z. The application is a CNC machine where ...

OK, I have tried to look at all of the documentation linked above for specific API documentation but either haven't found it, or have and didn't realize it was the API documentation.

I have seen 2 recent posts (CHIPS and Optical Crosshair) that reference API usage and seem to show deep integration ...

I think it seems like a great idea to me and I bet it could be easily proven to be more accurate than a cross hair laser. It could possibly be paired with a 3d printed shroud using some simple actuator to cover the lens when not in use.

I’d buy it personally, as I think it has a number of ...