Low budget plasma setup, what do I need?

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10 Aug 2019 01:00 #141830 by rodw

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Very nice.

I think you need to change the title of this thread Bengt.

It does not look low budget anymore!

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10 Aug 2019 06:16 #141845 by pl7i92

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things get quickly out of budget if you get good information

you can build from 1k-1mio

very nice indeed

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10 Aug 2019 16:01 #141867 by tecno

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Thanks guys.

To me this is low budget as almost all parts are more or less to no cost. So far only stepper-motors, connectors, THCAD300 and PSU's have been thinning my slim wallet.

Next is to get all wired up and start testing the PC/MESA 7i90HD. Then it is time to have a look at PlasmaC and most likely I will need some advice from you guys.

Will probably shrink down my mechanical size to 500x500 as I do not have the space for the planned 500x 1000 that will be a bit heavy and cumbersome for an old fart like me to move from storage to cutting. More details to come but still same design.

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10 Aug 2019 16:31 #141872 by tommylight

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tecno wrote:
Will probably shrink down my mechanical size to 500x500 as I do not have the space for the planned 500x 1000 that will be a bit heavy and cumbersome .......

Two hinges can do wonders ! Bolt it to the wall and bring it down only when you need it, otherwise it stays there kissing the wall and out of the way.

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10 Aug 2019 16:55 #141875 by pl7i92

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with 500x500 the Education cheep 700euro mashine jumps in at all costs including plasma s-cut50 with p80 nozzle
it is realy a low cost crap deal but it cuts the things as it shoudt
if you get all your EMI solved

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10 Aug 2019 17:13 #141876 by tecno

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tommylight wrote:

tecno wrote:
Will probably shrink down my mechanical size to 500x500 as I do not have the space for the planned 500x 1000 that will be a bit heavy and cumbersome .......
Two hinges can do wonders ! Bolt it to the wall and bring it down only when you need it, otherwise it stays there kissing the wall and out of the way.

If it was that easy, I have no wall space to to that

I will have to make a stand that will be outside all year around and the CNC-frame to be stored inside when not in use.

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10 Aug 2019 17:16 #141877 by tecno

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We will hopefully soon see what kind of EMI issues I will have.

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10 Aug 2019 17:42 #141878 by tommylight

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@tecno
Having a lot of "space" problems here, too.

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14 Aug 2019 14:04 #142115 by tecno

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Need some help here, I can not get PC to communicate with my 7i90.

bengt@plasma:~$ uname -a
Linux plasma 4.9.0-9-rt-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 4.9.168-1+deb9u2 (2019-05-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux
bengt@plasma:~$ 
bengt@plasma:~$ dmesg | grep par
[    0.000000] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
[    0.011091] AppArmor: AppArmor disabled by boot time parameter
[    0.248159] hpet0: 3 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[    1.574777] PM: Hibernation image partition 8:5 present
[    4.868714] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[    4.918583] PCI parallel port detected: 1415:8403, I/O at 0xec00(0xe880), IRQ 18
[    4.918652] parport0: PC-style at 0xec00 (0xe880), irq 18 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
[    5.016213] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
bengt@plasma:~$ 
bengt@plasma:~$ sudo mesaflash --device 7i90 --addr 0xec00 --readhmid
[sudo] lösenord för bengt: 
ERROR: you must select transport layer for board
bengt@plasma:~$

So what is wrong here?

Cheers
Bengt

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14 Aug 2019 14:24 #142117 by PCW

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Well mesaflash is telling you in a rather terse way:

ERROR: you must select transport layer for board

did you try mesaflash -- help ?

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