Ok, friends. This is getting interesting (AKA I'm sort of lost). Once upon a time there was a beautiful tutorial about choosing the right setup with Mesa boards involved, but Internet is a living thing and that page is gone. My entire Mesa knowledge was based on that page...
So, my retrofit is not progressing because I'm lost in the what-to-choose-problem. The machine has DC servos with optical disc encoders, I have no data on the motors nor the encoders but the controller has a sign saying 5A fuse +/- 60 V. I hate when the encoders are crimped to the motor shaft and even though they are sweet I am more than willing to rip them off and replace them with capacitive encoders tomorrow. https://www.flickr.com/photos/svenneduva/albums/72157698570971564 I need a few pins extra. The spindle is a HF air bearing (50 k RPM) with a pneumatic tool changing mechanism. There goes a few extra pins. The tool changer itself is fixed but has a motor driven cover with limit switches. So two limit inputs, motor +/- direction and then signals for releasing the tool. The machine itself only has homing switches so three extra inputs, or one if serial wired. I would like to add end switches though. The easy way out would getting a Mesa 7i92 + 7i76 combo (no LPT) and some step/dir servo drives. But I thought the nice thing with for example a 7i77 board is that it handles all the loop back and I only need some simple amplifier drivers to run the servos and then feed the encoder signals to the 7i77. But, all the drivers I find they want the encoder input? And I though they were supposed to go to the 7i77? Even worse, I bought a 7i77 card to host a set of super fancy Omron drivers once upon a time and know I don't even understand how I was thinking when I bought them. Correct, they were never installed and are still collecting dust. So, IF I am going with the Mesa boards, what on Earth is the driver I should use, and what boards? Simply, I am lost on this one... I don't know if I'm getting old and lack the googling skills, I can't find a decent combo anymore. Step/dir is a breeze to setup compared to this jungle. I do understand Mesa is supporting us and everything, I just don't understand how little documentation there is to find _how_ to choose boards and to set them up. An alternative is Rene's STMBL driver which looks very nice but need another breakout board as far as I understand. If I make it to the Stuttgart meeting next weekend we might have a German solution to my problem. Who knows... On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:25 PM Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > These little babies. I have a few of them already and my kids have the i7 > version and they are fast. Linux just runs, no trouble. One Ethernet and > Wifi in the same box. Perfect. > https://www.dustin.se/product/5011010658/nuc-kaby-lake-wifi > > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 3:32 PM Eric Keller <keller...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Which Intel NUC did you get? A couple of years ago I got a zotac box with >> dual ethernet ports thinking that I might use it as either a router or to >> drive an ethernet mesa board. I think it will end up as a router. >> Eric Keller >> Boalsburg, Pennsylvania >> >> On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 4:05 AM Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Yes, looks like your email with the link went to me and not to the list. >> > Anyway, the Mesa card looks promising. Intel NUC and Mesa boards on the >> > way! >> > >> > /S >> > >> > On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 5:14 PM Les Newell <les.new...@fastmail.co.uk> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > I beat you to it with the same link but it looks like my email went >> > > directly to Sven, rather than to the list. For some reason when I >> reply >> > > to this list the replies usually end up going direct to the sender >> > > rather than to the list. >> > > >> > > Les >> > > >> > > On 10/07/2018 13:38, andy pugh wrote: >> > > > On 10 July 2018 at 11:47, Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > >> You too late, Andy. ;) >> > > > Too late in the sense that you have already bought the UC400 ? >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Emc-users mailing list >> > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Emc-users mailing list >> > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
