System features

The unit has the following facilities:

• Rear panel connectors for the external interface cables to and from the CMM
• Rear panel USB connection for the two-way communication link to the CMM host computer
• Rear panel connection for a Renishaw MCU joystick
• Readhead circuitry for CMM digital measuring scales and motor encoders
• Digital servo power amplifier
• Status-indicating LEDs
• Control electronics for probes and peripheral devices attached to the CMM
• LEDs visible through the front panel of the UCC T3 enclosure indicate the operational status

Sub-circuits in the unit control the following interfaces through connectors on the rear panel of the enclosure:

• USB data link to the CMM host computer
• X, Y, Z axis data input from the CMM readheads
• Motor drives
• Connections for the TP20, TP1, TP2 and TP6 touch-trigger probes
• I/O connections to limit switches, air pressure sensors and other digital inputs and outputs