Estlcam and arduino

Yes, only a Arduino UNO R3 or a 100% clone will work.

thank you. looks like i'm off to get a Arduino UNO then.

Hi,

make sure you get a genuine Arduino UNO - some clones (especially on eBay) will not work.

Christian

Where is the manual to wire up Arduino to stepcraft for Estlcam. I got a letter yesterday saying the cnc machine arrives tomorrow. I was expecting it in 3 weeks so time for crash course.

I now have it up and running. Well I did, but I found out that my x-axis spindle was too long so I had to send it back to stepcraft. UPS says it is on it's way today 😀

Connecting it to Arduino wasn't too scary after all 🙂 But I went the Arduino route because I saw http://brokking.net with his set up with a switch so it will turn off the mill when the red button is pushed. Now I have the same relay switch as him but I'm not sure how to wire it up correctly. Anyone with some tips?

@Christian Knüll I also bought Estlcam today and I was thinking I had seen your name somewhere, then I saw your email address ...... here is my first big wing back in 2012 .... you might notice the design 😀

img_0722 by jwr38, on Flickr

Hi.
Can you provide some schematics and some pictures of what you used to connect stepcraft to arduino ?
Maybe a custom plcb drawing ?

i saw there are some infos in the DE forum but can't really understand them good enaugh.

Hello guys, Sorry for asking but do anybody have an idea on how to wire arduino to stepcraft then use estlcam. @christian the tutorial on your website is very helpful and easy to understand but my problem is how to connect the UNO to the stepcraft. any links or tutorials would be helpful. thank you

I found this in the web: ESTLCAM-LPT

This is the minimum you need for a running system.

In addition you can connect following the manual: Stepcraft LPT

- PIN 7 Arduino to LPT PIN 11 failure
- PIN 6 Arduino to LPT PIN 10 sensor
- PIN 5 Arduino to LPT PIN 17 and out to SUB D 15 PIN 7 (think so...) PWM
- PIN 4 Arduino to LPT PIN 1 Relais spindel on off
- PIN 3 ARduino to LPT PIN 14 2. relais
- PIN 2 Arduino to LPT PIN 16 3. relais
- PIN 8 - 13 Arduino, one of them to LPT PIN 12; end-switch

Hey thanks doc brown. I actually saw this but hesitant to follow but since you mentioned it again i will definitely check it.

thanks sir.

thanks doc brown, christian and joop. Sorry for bothering you. So im getting there!!! kinda slow. I will stick here my inquiries. BTW here's my personal project. for now its all 3d printed. that is why im trying to run my step craft to be able to produce those flat surface parts such as plain walls and floor of the project.

Whatever that is, seems to be from outer space :woohoo:

LOL.....good guess. its a space fortress from this japanese cartoon from 80's macross.

Good everyone, docbrown, im looking to your info but I cant get the idea of the wirings(sorry, im not a electrical guy.) Please bear with me.

here's the pins from arduion(from brokking.net)

arduino to LPT stepcraft(15pins)

GND to LPT pin?, im guessing this as pin 2, based from service connection to stepcraft.
A0(direction x)to LPT pin?
A1(direction y)to LPT pin?
A2(direction z)to LPT pin?
A3(step x)to LPT pin?
A4(step y)to LPT pin?
A5(step z)to LPT pin?
D8(relayx/y/z)to LPT pin?

im excited to run my stepcraft but totally stock to this issue.

thank you very much for any help.

Norman

Arduino LPT1 25Pin
GND 18
A0 (direction X) 2
A1 (direction Y) 4
A2 (direction Z) 6
A3 (step X) 3
A4 (step Y) 5
A5 (step Z) 7
D8 (X/Y/Z limit switch) 12

ARDUINO to LPT 25 pin, not to 15Pin PORT!!!