Nice video! I would have changed the pinout of the DRO unit instead of the scale connectors. How the scale connectors were wired up, it's pretty standard, so by leaving those alone, you can switch scales in the future without having to resolder connectors.
Your point is valid in general and in theory, as in "it's the right answer". The "problem" in this case (if you look at 9:46 for example) is that the connectors are on a circuit board where the pins are hardwired together (the upper row is tied to the lower row on the PCB itself), which caused the 5v to appear on the A+ (I think it was) as well. So I would have had to remove the PCB and physically cut the leads between all the pins on each port on the PCB first and then resolder every wire to those connector-pins. Orrr... just do the thing on the Linear Scales. Took less than 2 mins each. :) The fact that the manual said what it said and the Linear Scales seemed to follow that wiring (except lacking the diff-signals) I assumed that this was a well-known standard, which was the reason I never measured each pin to begin with, as it seemed "obvious" that the linear scales did not meet the expectations of the display. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. :)
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Nice video!
I would have changed the pinout of the DRO unit instead of the scale connectors.
How the scale connectors were wired up, it's pretty standard, so by leaving those alone, you can switch scales in the future without having to resolder connectors.
Your point is valid in general and in theory, as in "it's the right answer".
The "problem" in this case (if you look at 9:46 for example) is that the connectors are on a circuit board where the pins are hardwired together (the upper row is tied to the lower row on the PCB itself), which caused the 5v to appear on the A+ (I think it was) as well. So I would have had to remove the PCB and physically cut the leads between all the pins on each port on the PCB first and then resolder every wire to those connector-pins.
Orrr... just do the thing on the Linear Scales. Took less than 2 mins each. :)
The fact that the manual said what it said and the Linear Scales seemed to follow that wiring (except lacking the diff-signals) I assumed that this was a well-known standard, which was the reason I never measured each pin to begin with, as it seemed "obvious" that the linear scales did not meet the expectations of the display.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. :)
@@JWAM Alright, fair enough, I stand corrected 😊
@@winandd8649 I'm a big fan of "the right thing", so I appreciate the angle. :)