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UC2 Standalone Board V4

🔌 Board layout and schematics (UC2 Standalon v4)​

The board comes with 4 motor controllers (e.g. A4988 Bipolar Stepper controller or TMC drivers with pololu pinout), the ESP32 Dev Kit, a bunch of pins for in/outgoing connections, 3 darlington transistors (BD809) and the power distribution. It is inspired by the CNC shield and can

  • run up to 4 steppers
  • run multiple high power LEDs
  • be controlled via PS3/PS4 Controllers
  • drive Adafruits Neopixels
  • trigger a Camera
  • provide scanning patterns for Galvos
  • control/readout external devices using I2C

We use the ESP32 in order to ensure connectivity via

  • Wifi
  • Bluetooth
  • USB Serial (mostly used)

pinouts​

connecting devices - max. configuration for Discovery line products​

  • connect the LED-Matrix to the Mainboard at `LED1.
  • Connect the Z-stage to the position Z-Motor on the main board. Ensure there's a motor driver.
  • Connect the 3 Motors of the XYZ-Stage to the respective positions A-Motor, X-Motor, Y-Motor. Ensure there are motor drivers as well.
  • Connect the single fluorescence LED at PMW2.
  • Connect the single-color laser to the Mainboard at XH 4-pinor the dual-color laser at XH 6-pin. In the Webserial you control it with the PMW1 buttons
  • Plug in the USB-micro/USB-C at your ESP32 and connect to your PC.(USB-type depends on ESP32-type)
  • Plug in the 12V power cable.