myCNC-ET7 control board uses 24VDC . The board contains 4 pins for connection +24V (joined internally) and a number of GND pins for convenient connection of external devices. Power Supply 24V DC and +24V and GND pins are shown on a picture below:

ET7 has 6 channel pulse/dir outputs, 3MHz max pulses frequency.

ET7 pulse dir outputs conform to the RS422 standard and are compatible with most of servo and stepper drivers (line driver with paraphase signals of positive and negative polarity). Internal schematic for pulse-dir is shown on a picture below.

The pulse/dir schematic is shown below:

ET7 board contains 19 output pins-

• 5 relay outputs (OUT#11 … OUT#15)
• 11 open collector outputs (OUT#0 … OUT#10)
• 3 PWM outputs (PWM#1, PWM#2, PWM#3)

WARNING: ET7 board rev.1,2 has Output pin names printed on Bottom side of the board. 
These names are NOT correct and differ from actual output addresses. 
Please check the table below to find out the actual output address

Schematic for ET7 inputs & outputs is shown below

ET7 control board has 16 galvanic isolated binary inputs, 4 groups of 4 inputs each. Each group has separate power supply pins so inputs can be powered from different power sources. Using PNP and NPN sensors simultaneously is possible too.

Galvanic isolated inputs schematic is shown below

Connectors pinout for binary inputs is shown on a picture

ET7 control board has 3 AB incremental encoder inputs with hardware implemented decoding. Max pulse frequency of encoder pulses is 3MHz. 6 encoder input signals are mapped to General purpose binary input addresses 20…25 and can be used as normal binary inputs. Encoder inputs are line driver differential signal compatible.

Encoder inputs schematic is shown below

Encoder inputs connector pinout is shown on a picture

myCNC-ET7 controller has 8 ADC inputs.

• 6 ADC inputs 0-5V range
• 2 ADC inputs with galvanic isolation for save and convenient connection of Arc Voltage signal from Power station. Galvanic isolated ADC inputs are 0..10V, so High Voltage Arc signal CANNOT be connected directly to ADC inputs, voltage divider is NEEDED.

The 0-5 V ADC inputs schematic is shown below:

Isolated ADC inputs schematic is shown below:

Connectors pinout for ADC inputs is shown below

Non-isolated ADC inputs have a 0…5V Range. Connector with non-isolated ADC inputs also has the GND and +5V DC output pins for convenient potentiometer connection. Picture below shows an example for potentiometer connected to ADC2 input.

WARNING: The names for the ADC inputs printed at the bottom of the board are NOT correct. 
Please consult the above schematics for the ADC0/ADC1 input locations.

In order for the board connections to function without an external power supply, the connections can be wired as to draw power from the +24V power supply of the board itself. In order to simplify the setup required for this procedure, jumpers 1 through 4 are put in place, as shown in the diagram below:

Each jumper corresponds to its respective IN group number (for example, J4 for Group 4). In this way, in a configuration without an external power supply, the correct jumper for the group can be closed to supply power from the internal +24V. The switch should also short the wire to GNC (0V) in order for the circuit to be closed.

WARNING: If an external power supply is used, respective jumpers for the group should be OPEN

The myCNC-ET7 control board has a RS422/RS485 bus connector. Modbus ASCII/RTU and Hypertherm Serial communication interfaces are implemented in the myCNC-ET7 control board.

RS485 bus is enabled by default.

To enable RS422 interface you need to

• close jumper J(#)
• setup RS422 interface in the control software.

Please contact our support team if you need to use a RS422 bus.

A RS422/RS485 schematic is shown below

RS422 connector pinout shown below. NOTE: While all of the RX/TX ports (RX A, RX B, TX A, TX B) are used for the RS422 connection (such as a Hypertherm machine), only RX A and RX B are utilized in an RS485 configuration.

The myCNC-ET7 control board has a DAC output for spindle speed control. DAC output range is 1..12V Actual Max DAC voltage (ie 10V, 5V, 6V) can be set up in the myCNC control software.

Jumpers J1,J2,J3,J4 are all open.

Jumpers J1,J2,J3,J4 are all open.

Internal power supply.
One of jumpers J1,J2,J3,J4 (J4 in case of this example) is closed.

Internal power supply.
All of jumpers J1,J2,J3,J4 are open.

As the sensor requires a 24V power supply, it is necessary to connect it to the 24V port, not the 5V.

Jumper for selected group (one of J1,J2,J3,J4) is closed.

Common wire for 4 optocouple units is connected to internal +24V if Jumper is closed. Switch should short another optocouple input to GND (0V) to activate input pin.

J(#) - in this case, J4 - should be closed to connect optocouple pin to +24V. Switch should also short the wire to GNC(0V).

Jumpers J1, J2, J3, J4 are all open

PDF: http://cnc42.com/downloads/et7-r45.pdf

DXF: http://cnc42.com/downloads/et7-r45.dxf

We have a simple keypad board that can be used with the ET7 controller. Keypad board is connected to an ET7 controller through a `20 wires flat cable. Keypad contains 23 keys, 2x rotary encoders and double-axes simple resistive joystick.

ET7 control board interface to connect external keyboard is shown below

ET7 connector pinout

ET7 connector X4 pinout table

PDF: http://cnc42.com/downloads/et7-keypad-dimensions.pdf

DXF: http://cnc42.com/downloads/et7-keypad-dimensions.dxf

Each key, rotary encoder and the joystick functions can be programmed in configuration dialogs.

Schematics of the external ET7-KEY board is shown below