Re: VFD is blowing my RCD
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Originally Posted by
cropwell
No. The MEGA328/2560 based arduinos do not have a DAC, or any other form of analogue output. They provide a number of PWM-enabled discrete outputs (those prefixed with a tilde on the board silk-screening) with the signal value switched between GND and VCC - which if used for e.g. LED drives allows a direct control over the LED luminance, similarly for a DC motor drive; but the output remains a digital PWM signal (they do, however, support multiple ADC inputs)
Re: VFD is blowing my RCD
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Originally Posted by
Doddy
No. The MEGA328/2560 based arduinos do not have a DAC, or any other form of analogue output. They provide a number of PWM-enabled discrete outputs (those prefixed with a tilde on the board silk-screening) with the signal value switched between GND and VCC - which if used for e.g. LED drives allows a direct control over the LED luminance, similarly for a DC motor drive; but the output remains a digital PWM signal (they do, however, support multiple ADC inputs)
You are right Doddy, I have had a closer look at the AnalogueWrite function. The DAC converters in the arduino put out a variable duty cycle PWM 0-5v. I have a feeling that that is where the OP's problem lies. I fell into the trap of assuming that, when Arduino described the board as having DAC function they meant in in the true sense. Maybe a simple RC integrator would prove the root of the problem, but in the long term an OpAmp circuit would be better (to give a better 0-5v). I am surprised that the inverter does not have an integrator on the input VI.
Re: VFD is blowing my RCD
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Originally Posted by
Doddy
Eh?, I'm a little confused - I'm assuming that you have an adequately earthed connection to the machine?, my next thoughts would be how the supply earth is exported to the garage - whether through a 3-core cable or a local earth rod... but you're clear that the trip also occurred in the house and that the RCD circuit is okay, so I won't pursue that.
What do you mean by grounding the machine earth through an additional PSU - currently laptop power - I'm not aware of a laptop PSU that exports an earth - I'm guessing from the language that you've connected the negative supply to the machine earth??, if that's the case then that isn't earthing the machine and this could be a cause of your problem. Absolutely provide a low-impedance earth strap from the machine to the garage supply earth. Also - from your picture of the machine - make sure that all exposed metalwork has a reliable earthing.
Well the machine and all the machines metal parts are earthed so the spindle, power supplies for the drivers etc all go to earth - being in the UK almost everything here is earthed. In my garage this comes through 3 core cable. The spindle has also been earthed by myself and this runs through the spindle cable.
However the electronics box/machine case, ardunio, relay are not earthed... I can work out the machine case but I'm not sure how you earth a arduino board?
Also the board I'm using is running grbl 1.1