Download the driver for the Chip Shot Pi serial cable here. Download the test application for the serial cable here

Software tutorial

• The software has been specially designed to be both easily interfaceable and highly functional. We will explore the menus, controls, and various other notes on things that could come up
• If you’re in the software and are confused, give this Question Mark a tap

This is the first screen to pop up at startup. Press the home button and allow the motor to home itself

This is the Main Menu, the first thing the screen will show upon power up. There are a few options from here:

• Start – Runs the currently selected routine. Changes to “running” when a program is running
• Stop – Appears when running a routine. Stops the routine
• Routine – Selects the desired routine (Shown “No Routine”)
• Delete – Removes the selected routine

• Use Spray – toggles the water spray function on for the routine
• Home – House icon in the top right. Returns User to the home screen
• Settings – gear icon. Takes User to the Settings Menu Selection Screen
• Manual – Takes the User to the manual motion control screen

Shown is the Settings Menu

• Motor Settings – Displays the Motor Settings
• General Settings – Displays Non motor settings

Motor Settings

• Acceleration: Adjusts rate of Acceleration
• Deacceleration: Adjusts rate of Deacceleration
• Max Velocity: Adjusts top Velocity During Routine
• Current: Adjusts the motor current
• Home motor – rehomes the motor. This is a good idea Before teaching a new routine, which we will go over later
• Restore Defaults – reverts all settings to their default values. Do not hit this button unless instructed

General Settings

• Trigger Delays – Sets the delay timer before and after the camera triggers during a routine
• Pump Prime – Timer for how often the pump activates
• Spray on – Timer for nozzle spray
• Nozzle offset – Distance from Camera to Water Nozzle. This is a critical measurement, do not change without following the procedure as directed

Manual Jog

• Position – Jogs the inspection tray
• Speed – adjusts Jog Speed
• Camera – Takes an image
• Light – Toggles the light on/off
• Droplet – Toggles Pump On/off
• Spray Bottle – Manually sprays the nozzle

Software Tutorial- Routines

• To make a new routine, tap the routine selector on the home page and select “New Routine”
• There are two ways to teach a new routine. Descriptions of process listed under both options
  • Step Mode
  • Distance Mode
• The bottom right icon returns the user to the home screen

Software Tutorial- Step Mode

• First Screen: Sets the start position for the routine
  • Jog to the desired starting position
  • Adjust jog speed with the speed function
  • Use the camera and light functions to dial in how you want your first image to look

• Second Screen: Sets the End position for the routine
  • Jog to the desired End position
  • Adjust jog speed with the speed function
  • Use the camera and light functions to dial in how you want your Last image to look

• Third Screen: Sets the number of steps in the routine. This is essentially the amount of images that will be acquired between the starting and end points
• The images will be evenly spaced between the user start and end positions defined in the previous screens

• Final Screen: Names the routine
  • Name the routine anything you want
  • Hit set when finished. This will cause the System to reset position. The newly created routine will be saved
  • Hit The escape button in the bottom right to return to the home screen without saving the routine

Software Tutorial- Distance Mode

• First Screen: Sets the start position for the routine
  • Jog to the desired starting position
  • Adjust jog speed with the speed function
  • Use the camera and light functions to dial in how you want your first image to look

• Second Screen: Sets the Distance per step for the routine
  • Helpful to get the consistent distance between images. Particularly useful for Chip trays with uniform slot sizes
  • Figure out the desired distance before making it to this screen

• Third Screen: Sets the number of steps in the routine. This is essentially the amount of images that will be acquired between the starting and endpoints
• The images will be evenly spaced Given the step distance specified in the previous step
• Exceeding the overall machine range of motion will cause the routine to not run