Chas log
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Dec 7, 2018
July 5 2017
Downloaded freecad files for TB6600, Arduino, and RAMPS. Having trouble converting step and stl files to FreeCAD files. (1hour)
June 16 2017
Uploaded wiring diagrams to Universal Controller page.(1hr) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lFowqrYV28zaBfz0dGlsLaElY4fogge170yIrtJFiYg/edit#slide=id.g22fef7d04f_0_0
June 8 2017
June 7 2017
Wired TB6600 to motor and RAMPS1.4 board. Troubleshot motor to determine wire pairings. (2hrs) Need wires for power supply. Must also determine EN- wire placement.
May 30 2017
TB6600 wiring to RAMPS1.4 http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?4,624489 http://roboforum.ru/forum107/topic14966.html http://andre.team9.99.org.nz/2012/10/replacing-pololu-stepper-drivers-with.html http://roboforum.ru/download/file.php?id=34687&mode=view
May 26 2017
Located wiring diagram for RAMPS1.4, motor wires, and still looking for example on stepper driver. http://www.reprap.org/mediawiki/images/0/06/RAMPS_dossier.pdf (.5hrs)
Stepper Motor wiring. http://www.openbuilds.com/projectresources/stepper-motor-hardware-interfacing.14/ (.5hrs) http://reprap.org/wiki/Stepper_wiring
Wired power supply to power chord. (1hr)
Started troubleshooting 6 wires for motor (.5hrs)
May 23, 2017
Confused by 6 wires for motor driver wiring. Where do they go to on the TB6600?
May 18, 2017
Linked CAD files for Arduino, RAMPS, and TB6600 to Universal Controller on File (1hr) Attached RAMPS to arduino with jumpers(1hr)
May 12, 2017
Received parts for universal controller. Needing to find reference documents for assembling electronic parts. Need to purchase wires. (2hrs)
May 10, 2017
Updated Universal Controller BOM of parts purchased for prototyping. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lFowqrYV28zaBfz0dGlsLaElY4fogge170yIrtJFiYg/edit#slide=id.g219e180a6e_1_0 (1hrs)
May 1-7, 2017
Updated Universal Controller Log of parts needed to purchase for prototyping. Waiting on confirmation of parts for BOM to purchase. (2hrs)
Apr 28, 2017
Hammered out the animations and video. Still had trouble performing animations without crashes but pushed through. (6hours) File:AxisMotorSideFinal.kdenlive File:EPA universal axis motor side part1Animation.fcstd File:EPA universal axis motor side part2Animation.fcstd File:AxisMotorSideFinalVideo.mp4 https://youtu.be/5OILth4OweI
Apr 27, 2017
Started working on the assembly of part 2. Confused on line 7 regarding "Tighten down the 2 set screws" as I only notice 1 set screw on the GT2 pulley. Also confused as to whether line 8 is a repeat of line 5 from part 1? (2hrs) File:EPA universal axis motor side part2.fcstd
Apr 26, 2017
Made animations of the universal axis motor side part for the 3d printer. Had trouble with FreeCAD crashes while animating part so now trying FreeCAD on more powerful Desktop computer vs my laptop. (3 hours) File:EPA universal axis motor side part1.fcstd
Apr 17-23, 2017
Worked on axis motor side FreeCAD file. Found out nut catchers were on the opposite side of the part -my bad. So far have assembled part 1. Next is to perform the exploded part assembly. File:EPA universal axis motor side part1.fcstd
Apr 10-17, 2017
Worked on axis motor side FreeCAD file for roughly 7 hours. Had trouble interpreting script while creating FreeCAD drawings. Uploaded work thus far for CAD file.
File:Ongoing Universal axis motor side.fcstd
Fri Apr 7, 2017
Finished FreeCAD test and uploaded kdenlive video to Open Source Ecology wiki.