IONICUBE connectors and pinouts

Connector layout and naming

Power and feedback ports of X, Y, Z and A axis

Names of power and feedback ports. I.e. X9A means upper floor connector of X9 and X9B the lower floor of X9.

A closeup of X2, X3, X4 and X5

X4

Pin number in header	Pin number in D25 cable	Signal name	Typical usage		Pin number in header	Pin number in D25 cable	Signal name	Typical usage
1	1	ENABLE	Enable all axis (with or without chargepump)		2	14	PWM	PWM input for VFD analog output
3	2	HSIN1_X	Direction input X		4	15	GPO4_A	Limit switch output A
5	3	HSIN2_X	Pulse/step input X		6	16	BUFFER_IN1	Controls BUFFER_OUT1 state
7	4	HSIN1_Y	Direction input Y		8	17	BUFFER_IN2	Controls BUFFER_OUT2 state
9	5	HSIN2_Y	Pulse/step input Y		10	18	GND	Ground
11	6	HSIN1_Z	Direction input Z		12	19	GND
13	7	HSIN2_Z	Pulse/step input A		14	20	GND
15	8	HSIN1_A	Direction input A		16	21	GND
17	9	HSIN2_A	Pulse/step input A		18	22	GND
19	10	STOP_OUT	Fault on any axis or E-stop (active low)		20	23	GND
21	11	GPO4_X	Limit switch output X		22	24	GND
23	12	GPO4_Y	Limit switch output Y		24	25	GND
25	13	GPO4_Z	Limit switch output Z		26	N/A	Not connected

X5

Pin number in header	Pin number in D25 cable	Signal name	Typical usage		Pin number in header	Pin number in D25 cable	Signal name	Typical usage
1	1	GND			2	14	+5V_OUT	5V supply from IONICUBE ^2
3	2	ANAIN-_X	+/-10V analog input X		4	15	ANAIN+_X	+/-10V analog input X
5	3	ANAIN-_Y	+/-10V analog input Y		6	16	ANAIN+_Y	+/-10V analog input Y
7	4	ANAIN-_Z	+/-10V analog input Z		8	17	ANAIN+_Z	+/-10V analog input Z
9	5	ANAIN-_A	+/-10V analog input A		10	18	ANAIN+_A	+/-10V analog input A
11	6	GPO1_X	For pin function, refer to IONI connector pinout		12	19	GPI4_X	For pin function, refer to IONI connector pinout
13	7	GPO1_Y			14	20	GPI4_Y
15	8	GPO1_Z			16	21	GPI4_Z
17	9	GPO1_A			18	22	GPI4_A
19	10	GPO5_X			20	23	GPO6_X
21	11	GPO5_Y			22	24	GPO6_Y
23	12	GPO5_Z			24	25	GPO6_Z
25	13	GPO5_A			26	N/A	GPO6_A