Blue Point Engineering Puppeteer Plus Instruction

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Puppeteer Plus Board
Puppet - II+
Controller
(BPE No. PCA-0001)
Servo Position Adjustment
EEPROM
Relay Connection
Digital Button
Playback
Power Connection 5 Vdc
LED
Servo Connection
Relay LED
Record LED
Playback LED
GO Button
The Puppeteer plus board provides up to 4 minutes of recording and playback time for one servo channel
and one digital (relay) output channel. The board supports sequential recording functions, daisy chaining
and loop playback with variable inter-loop timing and automatic start-up positioning.

Board Connections

Power Supply Header
The Puppeteer plus board requires +5V DC supply at currents up to 0.5 amps depending on servo used.
Servo Header
Three pin header to connect to standard servos- observe polarity of servo connection wire (R,B,W)
The Puppeteer plus board generates pcm signals between 0.5 and 2.5msec long repeated every 20msecs.
Note: Most servos are generally only rated for 1-2msec pulses so care should be taken at the extreme
ends of the travel to ensure the servo motor is not damaged by the extreme travel.
3-Way Terminal Block
Switched relay outputs. The relay is rated at 24V DC @ 1 Amp (NO, Comm, NC terminal connections)

Controls

Go Switch Button
Press and release to record the servo and digital(relay) actions.
Press and release to initiate playback modes.
Go Pins
Used for daisy-chaining multiple Puppeteer plus board - connect subsidiary module Go pins to the sync
output pins.
R/P Pins
Selects either R ecord mode (jumper IN place) or P layback mode (jumper OUT).
S/R Pins
Selects either loop playback R epeat (Jumper OUT) or Single playback (Jumper IN )
Reset Pins
Resets the Puppeteer plus board. (Briefly short the Reset jumper pin pair to reset the controller)