![]() ![]() He’s able to move the machine head, and even start or step through the programmed routine. In the video after the break demonstrates how he has his shortcuts set up. From there it can be used to map the buttons and joysticks as keys on the keyboard or as a mouse. The package identifies and loads the control through Bluetooth pairing. To get the controller talking to his Linux machine he uses a package called QtsixA. Since he was already using a Linux box running EMC2, it wasn’t too hard to figure out how to operate the mill with a PlayStation controller. These pendants are basically a physical remote control that operates the CNC software that controls the machine. wanted to add a CNC control pendant to his mill but didn’t want to foot the bill which can often run several hundred dollars. ![]() Posted in Playstation Hacks, Repair Hacks Tagged max1555, ps3, sixaxis Wireless Controller Operates Your CNC Mill With the new hardware in place the controller is back in action. He then etched a tiny board to host a MAX1555 charging IC. His solution was to desolder the USB port in order to separate its 5V pin from the PCB. This must have damage one of the chips responsible for charging because he was probing an unstable 2V rather than the regulated 5V which should be coming in on the USB lines. When cleaning the insides of the controller he found there were numerous deposits of sludge which he attributes to spilled soda. But he managed to replace the charging circuitry with some of his own. ![]() It worked just fine after that,until he discovered that it wouldn’t charge from the USB port as it’s supposed to. The thing was so filthy that he literally used gloves to disassemble and sanitize it. The one real problem was the controller that came with it. He got a pretty good deal on what had obviously been the floor model for a number of years. Grabbed a used PlayStation 3 from a game store that was going out of business. ![]()
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