I have a large 24VDC motor that I took from a small CNC engraver shown at Micro Center - Computers and Electronics. How can I connect this motor as a spindle to the CNC xPro board so that the board can turn it on and off? I looked at the xPro wiki at 2. Connecting CNC xPRO · Spark-Concepts/xPRO Wiki · GitHub but i'm not sure which circuit is best for the motor. I'm confused by the picture at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Spark-Concepts/xPRO/master/wiki/xProV3(back).jpg because there is a black box and a yellow line below the motor. How can I connect the motor to the board? I'm building a larger CNC engraver using the ACRO System.
The XPRO spindle signal is a logic "signal" (5v 10ma) -> use that to PWM a proper DC Speed controller, or mosfet circuit to switch the high motor currents
What kind of DC speed controller I should buy? Would an electronic speed controller (ESC) made for radio-controlled cars work?
Cant say for sure. You need to either get datasheet of the motor, or measure its stall current. Dc motors have massive currents on startup and under load. Without knowing the current requirements no one can guarantee if that will work
I think you just need to try it and see. On the power supply point, you need to get the specs for the motor and size the PSU properly. Same thing with the controller. If this is difficult for you to understand, then I respectfully suggest you just go and buy a router or spindle with a controller.
Please look at page 25 where there are specs for 775-5520F-CC motor at https://transmotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Transmotec-DC-Motors-0.1W-198W-en-2018.pdf. Both motor and PSU are 24V DC.
what you need is one of these 12V 24V 48V 110V 300W DC motor speed controller PWM MACH3 spindle governor pumps | eBay now im not telling you to buy this exact one look around but i own one of these driving a 48v spindle and its great.
Sure check out this link here it should help you. 2. Connecting CNC xPRO · Spark-Concepts/xPRO Wiki · GitHub
Thank you ! But due to my limited electronics knowladge , I would like to ask for a more detailed explanation. On the speed governer there are 3 wires connected to a potentiometer which control the speed. Can these wires be connected on the xpro CNC to control the speed from teh software ?
It should have a Jumper if you ordered the type i linked. You move the jumper to the other position this should allow for pwm control from the screw terminals. at this pont you should just have to connect to the pwm pin and ground pin. witch is pin D11 and use the GND in the same line of pins dont use the main ground.
Also one thing i wanted to point out it is important to hook a fuse up on the main power . if you have a problem like say a dead short on an accessory you may be running it will dump the full amount of current into the main board. take some time and read through that github info i would get super familiar with everything on the board google search terms you dont know. trust me you will be better off down the line if you can understand your board to its fullest. Good luck i will try to help where i can.
