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DevCnc Foam by the devCad Team



 

DevCnc Foam, supported controllers

The list of the actually supported controllers includes:

  • Theremino Master Usb module. You can use this to build your own Usb controller or to create an Usb interface to an existent Parallel Port controller
  • Arduino Mega2560 + Ramps 1.4. An economical and almost  Plug&Play controller, developed with 3D Printers in mind, transformed by the DevCad Team in a high performance foam cutting controller, rewriting the Arduino Firmare. No hardware modification or rewiring is required!
  • Arduino Mega2560 Naked - Parallel Port Interface. You can use an Arduino Mega 2560 board to connect your preferred stepper drivers, or to create an Usb interface to a legacy parallel port controller. 
  • Arduino Uno + Cnc Shield 3.00. An economical and almost Plug&Play controller, transformed by the DevCad Team in a high performance foam cutting controller, rewriting the Arduino Firmare. No hardware modification or rewiring is required!
  • Arduino Uno Naked - Parallel Port Interface. You can use an Arduino Uno board to connect your preferred stepper drivers, or to create an Usb interface to a legacy parallel port controller. 
  • Arduino Due Naked - Parallel Port Interface. You can use an Arduino Due board to connect your preferred stepper drivers, or to create an Usb interface to a legacy parallel port controller. 
  • Arduino Mega2560 + Ramps 1.4 with rotary axis. An economical and almost  Plug&Play controller, developed with 3D Printers in mind, transformed by the DevCad Team in a high performance foam cutting controller, rewriting the Arduino Firmare. No hardware modification or rewiring is required! This controller now can also manage the 5th rotary axis!
  • Arduino Mega2560 Naked - Parallel Port Interface with rotary axis. You can use an Arduino Mega 2560 board to connect your preferred stepper drivers, or to create an Usb interface to a legacy parallel port controller. This controller now can also manage the 5th rotary axis! 
  • Arduino Due Naked - Parallel Port Interface with rotary axis. You can use an Arduino Due board to connect your preferred stepper drivers, or to create an Usb interface to a legacy parallel port controller. This controller now can also manage the 5th rotary axis! 
  • FoamCutCNC - Ready to use full featured controller with rotary axis.  This is a high end controller, ready to use, offering the best performance available by devCnc Foam. It allows the control of a 5-axis machine (4-axis plus rotary table), and is complete with the entire wire heating control section. The recommended controller for your Cnc foam cutting machine 

Controllers table:

Theremino Arduino Mega + Ramps 1.4 Arduino Mega2560 Naked Arduino Uno + Cnc Shield 3.00 Arduino Uno Naked Arduino Due Naked FoamCutCNC
Controller port type Usb Usb Usb Usb Usb Usb Usb
External power required No Yes No Yes No No No
5th rotary axis compliant (1) No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Num. hard limit pins (2) 1 4 4 2 2 4 4
Hot wire control (3) Pin Signal 12 v - 11A Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 36 v - 6A
Stepper motor enable (4) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Steps sequence generation type (5) Follower Deterministic Deterministic Deterministic Deterministic Deterministic Deterministic
Maximum stepper frequency 64 kHz 25 kHz 25 kHz 25 kHz 25 kHz 150 kHz 150 kHz
Stepper motor continuous current per phase (6) NA 1.0-1.5 A NA 1.0-1.5 A NA NA 1.0-1.5 A
Stepper motor Maximum current per phase (6) NA 2.0-2.5 A NA 2.0-2.5 A NA NA 2.0-2.5 A
Pin input/output voltage 3.3 v 5.0 v 5.0 v 5.0 v 5.0 v 3.3 v 3.3 v
Microprocessor frequency 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 84 MHz 84 MHz
Microprocessor bits 16 bit 8 bit 8 bit 8 bit 8 bit 32 bit 32 bit

(1) - Indicates if devCnc Foam can manage the 5th rotary axis using this controller.
(2) - The number of pins used to detect the hard limit alarm. If the number is less than 4 some axes will coupled.
(3) - The type of Hot Wire control supplied by this controller. If the type is Pin Signal you can apply for example a digital rele' or something similar.
(4) - Indicates if the controller can manage the Motor Enable. If not the stepper motord will be always enabled or you can apply your one external switch.
(5) - The type of math algorithm used to generate the step sequence. Follower type can give faster speed/stepper frequency, but performs a poorer path control. Deterministic type needs more processor work, so it gives slower speed/stepper frequency, but the path control is more accurate.
(6) - If the controller is 'Naked' you must use external stepper drivers, so this value in not available. If the controller includes a Cnc shield the value depends non stepper driver type, for example DRV8825 or A4988.
   
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