Project: TS6090 Laser cutter
Name	TS6090 Laser cutter
Initiator	Zeno4ever
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Skills	Electronics, firmwere
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I bought a TS6090 80W laser cutter made with brandname "JIN ZHI YIN". As you would expect with a cheap china laser cutter the controlling hardware (and software) is a bit crappy.

TS6090

Specifications (in short)

• Bed size 60x90 cm
• 80 Watt laser tube
• Flow sensor (connected to power supply)
• Lihuiyu M2 Nano controller (with Coreldraw plugin and USB protection)

So I want to upgrade the 'brains' of the machine with a MKS board (clone of smoothieboard). TkkrLab have already modified another lasercutter that works well with all the modifications, so I want to change this laser to the same software.

Hardware Modifycations

Needed parts

Prices are indication of cost, no shipping, tax etc.

• MKS board ($45.59)
• LCD screen ($4.80) The package deals with touch screens doesn't work in these configs.
• Rotary encoder ($1.28 ) for menu control.

Small electronic parts

• For power controller
  • 2 Optocouplers $0.50 a piece and
  • 2 x 100R
  • 2 x 500R
  • 6 female pin header for the power controller
• 2 x JST 2 pin for the endstops

Additional general info

• See also Smoothie board laser cutter guide
• Mirror alignment

Before

Changes

• XY Stops was 1 connector (white bottom on before photo), changed this to two separate JST 2 pin connectors. Use a multimeter to see how the connections are.
• Power for the board, we only need 24V. Smoothieboard has screw terminal, just screw on the cables (was 24+5 volt for Lihuiyu board)
• Smoothie use the same connectors for XY steppers, so just plug in.
• Added switch between water sensor to disable laser when door open.

Laser control

Power control was done manually with a seperate control (bottom left on before photo, that has to be done from smoothieboard. For this we create a small print inspired on our experience with the TkkrLab lasercutter.

Remove the original analog display (unscrew bolts) and button interface (you can control it by software, so not REALLY needed). Later you can replace this with a nice LCD display & Rotary Encoder. The connector of this original analog display is connected to laser controller and smoothieboard J8 (near SD card).

Camera

I use Lightburn for controlling the laser, this has a camera option.

• 8MP camera bought via Aliexpress and USB extension cord.
• find (or make) mounting parts

12864 LCD Display

This is only the bare display, so without 'smart' features like SD card or included rotary encoder.

Pin layout for MKS Smoothie and 12864 LCD Display. Mentioned colors is what I personally used, so they have no special meaning.

LCD Display
Smoothie name	Smoothie pin	Display pin	Display function
GND	EXT1 9	1	GND / Black
5V	EXT1 10	2	5V / Red
P0.18	EXT1 3	5	R/W = MOSI Green
P0.14	EXT1 5	6	E = SCK Yellow
P0.16	EXT1 4	4	RS / CS Orange

Rotary Encoder

Pin layout for MKS Smoothie and rotary encoder. Mentioned colors is what I personally used, so they have no special meaning.

Rotary Encoder
Smoothie name	Smoothie pin	Rotary pin	Rotary function
P1.30	EXT1 2		SW / White
P3.25	EXT2 3		CLK - Pin A - Yellow
GND	EXT2 9	GND	GND + Pin c - Black
P3.26	EXT2 5	DT	Pin B - Green

After

Software

First update the current firmware with the latest. All left to do is to make a good 'config' text file with all the settings.