You got me Jeff!  I have one 74LVC245 pulled out and was ready to prototype 
and was about to order a few 74HCT245's to try and have on hand.
I checked the pinout and it looks perfect!

I'm looking forward to trying it out.

Doug

On Monday, July 1, 2019 at 9:15:57 AM UTC-7, Jeff Pollard wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
>   I have an a simple interface board that outputs signals on a DB25 
> connector that plugs in to the BBB header.
>   They are buffered by LVC series chips and work well for driving optos 
> such as 6N137.
>   If interested, you can get more info here:
>
>
> http://xylotex.netfirms.com/OSCommerce/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=146
>
> Jeff
>
> On Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 10:38:18 AM UTC-7, Doug LaRue wrote:
>>
>> I have a 3040T 4 axis CNC and currently have grbl on an Arduino Nano 
>> connected to the DB25.  
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone has tried Machinekit on a CRAMPS board driving 
>> the DB25 directly instead of going inside the control box and replacing 
>> things.  The DB25 has opto isolators on the DB25 inputs. 
>> Probably more of a question for Charles unless someone else is familiar 
>> with the drive capabilities of the BBB and input bufffering of CRAMPS. 
>>
>> They are 4N26 - http://www.vishay.com/docs/83725/4n25.pdf
>>
>> DB25P wirings:
>> From Vide CNC LPT Pinout
>> db25 Pin Description
>>  1   A Enable
>>  2   X Step
>>  3   X Direction
>>  4   Y Step
>>  5   Y Direction
>>  6   Z Step
>>  7   Z Direction
>>  8   A Step **
>>  9   A Direction **
>> 10  Reset / Abort / E-Stop
>> 11  Z limit( Mach 3 video =X)
>> 12  Y limit( Mach 3 video =Y)
>> 13  X limit( Mach 3 video =Z)
>> 14  X Enable
>> 15  Probe
>> 16  Y Enable( Mach 3 vidoe =Output1)
>> 17  Z Enable
>> 18 - 25 Ground 
>>
>>
>>
>> [image: GRBL_Arduino_Nano_DB25_CNC_1.jpg]
>>
>>

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