Wiring a solid state relay

X-Carve Upgrades
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The +5 on my breakout board.

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Just seen this but I wanted to throw this in for Future Ref:

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Place to start :slight_smile:

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Nice picture, how did you draw this.

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No, courtesy Google image search :slight_smile:
But it looks like the image is cutā€™nā€™paste and lines from MS Paint :slight_smile:

Along with SSR is is also wise to add a surge protection component, seen here as the ā€œpuckā€:
http://www.phidgets.com/wiki/images/thumb/c/ca/Relay_mov.jpg/180px-Relay_mov.jpg

Disclaimer:
My electronic skills are just above average, but I am not trained in this field.

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did your forefathers run an xcarve in Dunvegan Castle?

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aye, the old two handed carve , some fine art created and left on the heather,

slĆ inte

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Hi guys! I have read all the thread and i understand how to wire my makita router to a relay and then to Arduino to automatically switch on/off the spindle. I have a diy xcarve and i use a cnc shield 3. 51 with grbl 0.9
My question:with this setup can i also use the PWM function of grbl to automatically control the spindle rpm? Thanks!!!

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No, the relay types discussed here is either ON or OFF.

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Okā€¦ I seeā€¦ Is there an option to use the PWM spindle control with my router? Thanks again

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Depending on which router one have modifications may be required.

(I have no connection, nor experience, with this product)

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Thank you very much!

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Can that be used with the Dewalt router?

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If you are talking about just turning it on and off then YES. No speed control.

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Have this relay turn on spindle I get but my question is what turns on spindle how is that controlled? And what,ways can you control ?

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Assuming that you have your relay hooked up correctly and you have the power switch on the router turned on (the relay wonā€™t actually be on at this time so the router will not spin), the on/off status of the router is controlled by Easel if you are using Easel.

If you use some other CAM program (a program that generates G-code), then the CAM program will output G-code commands to turn the router on/off if it is configured properly for that function.

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I bought the same unit. There were no instructions. Can you tell me how you wired it to the x controller? Thank you.

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Can anyone could indicate via a picture or a video what is the wiring connection between the digital logger and the main controller box? Thank you.

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I have the same situation, can anyone help? thansk.