Thanks Grant. My inspiration came from the instructions by Troy Barbour on the Mill One Open-Source page. Homing switches mainly give you the ability to return to known locations relative to the home position. This is extremely useful…
There are 2 connection options on the longboard. Both are clearly marked xlim, ylim, zlim, and gnd. There is an included connector at one end that has a screw terminal for each axis and one common ground for all axes. The problem with this connector is that it is difficult to add the .1uF capacitors that are needed for each axis. the second option are the three white jst-xh 2.54 mm connectors that are also clearly marked, one for each axis. This gives you much more room to attach the wiring and capacitors, but the female connectors that you need are not included. You can get them on Amazon either already made up with lead wires or you can buy a kit that will allow you to make up your own connectors, which is what I did. Once you figure out the crimp tool it is pretty easy to crimp on the pins and build the connector. Just be sure to get the pins into the right position on the connector. signal is on pin 1 and ground is pin 3.
Without the capacitors I was getting false alarms. I found it easier to strip some insulation off of the wires going into the connector to solder the capacitor on rather than trying to crimp it into the pins.
