ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board

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2 years 2 months ago #307601 by JamesHoward

I made a header board for 5A-75E8.2 and started testing the litexcnc firmware and encountered the following problems.
1- When I close the linuxcnc software or press the estop key, the motors start moving.
2- For homing using encoder z pulse, after receiving the z pulse instead of stopping, it makes a strange movement at full speed and then stops.
I posted this problem before but couldn't find a solution for it.
Does anyone have any suggestions for solving these problems?

I cant say anything to problem 2, but as for problem #1:

Are you trying to use software for an e-stop? This is a terrible idea! IMO anyways. An E-stop Should cut power to your drives AND send a stop signal to your software. (one exception is: sending an e-stop signal to your spindle. if you cut power it will spin down for a long time. if you send it an e-stop signal it should stop almost instantly)

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1 year 9 months ago #319166 by Nserega.90
Hello everyone! I bought myself a lathe, decided to convert it into a CNC machine! While searching for a control board, I came across this forum topic! Guys, can you advise or somehow give me more detailed tips! Since I'm not particularly friendly with Linux! I can install Linux for debugging on a virtual machine! And then it's not entirely clear what to do. I read the forums, it says that you first need to flash the board! But maybe someone will give me links for a more understandable course of action! I'll be grateful!

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1 year 9 months ago #319174 by Cant do this anymore bye all
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Read the whole, if you haven't, have a look through the github repository. Be prepared to get your soldering iron out. I guess you didn't come across the DIY 7c81 clones or other FPAG dev boards running Mesa firmware.

Linuxcnc wont work in a VM, you have to install on some actual hardware.

In all honesty think how you want to use your lathe, if you haven't had a lot of exposure of using a lathe I'd spend some time (12 months) learning how to use a lathe.

If you are a machinist, you know what you're doing.

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1 year 9 months ago #319186 by Nserega.90
Before that I had already assembled CNC machines and 3D printers. But it was much easier with them. There was a board already prepared for a milling machine or 3D printer. I edited the Marlin firmware file and uploaded it. That is, I had work with CNC. I have never dealt with FPGAs. Installing LinuxCNC on real hardware is not a problem. Buying a ColorLight board is also not a problem. I have been working with a soldering iron all my life))) But I have never worked with Linux))) That's why it's a dark forest for me. I read on GitHub how to flash a board and make inputs/outputs by cutting tracks and a resistor, I don't remember exactly))) First, as I understand it, you need real hardware, the ColorLight board itself - flashed. And then its configuration. But I didn't find any information about setting up the board.

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1 year 9 months ago #319226 by Cant do this anymore bye all
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“Working with cnc” is a whole lot different than knowing how to operate a particular machine, say a mill or a lathe.

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1 year 9 months ago #319256 by Nserega.90
I think there won't be any problems with this. The main thing is to understand what needs to be done with the control board, in particular with colorlight. As I understand it, the author of the topic dropped the firmware files from this board and not only the author. i.e. all the files for changing and assigning ports are there. In fact, you just need to upload the files changed to your parameters to the board. Is that correct?

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