Posts made by era42

@zapta Will do. Thanks for the video - that is very interesting. I've been testing an Intel D405 because I'd like to have depth sensing as well. (I'm building a pick and place robot to sort ~15mm wood blocks.) But that camera requires quite a bit of compute power and I'm not sure I need the height info. It's also relatively heavy. So I'll have to look at more options once this initial prototype is complete.

@mrehorstdmd Interesting idea. I'm actually putting a small camera in the middle, and working on a 3D printed holder for it now.

@deckingman Awesome, I appreciate you confirming that.

Hi .. I'd like to make sure I'm understanding everything right before I hook this up. I have a 12V microscope light that says it draws a max of 240mA, and I'd like to connect it to my 6HC.

I'm hoping to use the onboard regulator, being mindful of the 800mA total I can draw.

I'm planning to set the jumper for OUT4-6 to 12V and connect it to OUT5. But I'm getting confused by the legend on the wiring diagram.

Do I connect the negative lead on the light to out5 and the positive to V_OUTLC1? And then the 6HC will switch the negative side between 12V and ground to turn it on and off?

Or if I'm wrong please let me know the best way to hook this up! I'm planning to have a 12V fan and two 12V lights, and then four 24V valves for a PNP of sorts. So that's why I'm thinking I need to use OUT4-6 for the 12V stuff. But I'm just getting started on this journey so any guidance is greatly appreciated.