Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-16 Thread inflo
hi, servomotors cost much money. i looked at the steppermotor ST4209X1004 http://de.nanotec.com/schrittmotor_st4209.html (perhaps this site is also in english available) but has only a torque of 0.15Nm, but a holding-torque of 17N/cm. As Kent said, Taig tabletop mill in CNC form ships with

Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-16 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 21:32 +0200, inflo wrote: hi, servomotors cost much money. i looked at the steppermotor ST4209X1004 http://de.nanotec.com/schrittmotor_st4209.html (perhaps this site is also in english available) but has only a torque of 0.15Nm, but a holding-torque of 17N/cm. As

Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-11 Thread Florian König
helpflo Gesendet:Mittwoch, 11. April 2012 um 03:41 Uhr Von:Kent A. Reed kentallanr...@gmail.com An:EMC developers emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff:Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ? On 4/10/2012 3:20 PM

Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-10 Thread inflo
hi, i think i would go with the mesa setup http://www.retrofit-plus.at/store/7i76-plug-n-go#tab-box-product-info To the 7i76 card i can connect the power supply, or ? I got a 30V/2A lab-power-supply, which i can use. Can i use just one power-supply for all 3 motors ? Can i run stepper or

Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-10 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/10/2012 3:20 PM, inflo wrote: hi, i think i would go with the mesa setup http://www.retrofit-plus.at/store/7i76-plug-n-go#tab-box-product-info To the 7i76 card i can connect the power supply, or ? I got a 30V/2A lab-power-supply, which i can use. Can i use just one power-supply for

Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-10 Thread Andy Pugh
On 10 Apr 2012, at 12:20, inflo in...@web.de wrote: To the 7i76 card i can connect the power supply, or ? No, the PSU connects to the stepper motor drives. (the 7i76 is optional, you could connect the drives direct to the 5i25, but the 7i76 adds protection, spindle control and extra GPIO.

Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-09 Thread Jon Elson
Florian König wrote: hi, i want to use linuxcnc with my proxxon mf70. I still looked at the wiki but i also want to ask here, perhaps the hardware-wiki is a little bit out of date. What is a good (good supported) controller-interface (pci-card, usb,etc) ? What are good motors to use for

Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-09 Thread Andy Pugh
On 9 Apr 2012, at 06:42, Florian König in...@web.de wrote: What is a good (good supported) controller-interface (pci-card, usb,etc) ? LinuxCNC doesn't support any USB interfaces for machine control (there is support for human-machine USB interfaces) For stepper motors the Parallel port is

Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-09 Thread Florian König
hi,thanks for answer, I think you really need to give more details. Are you leaning more to steppers or servos? i am new to cnc, dont know the differences for cnc? or in price? Do you want software control of spindle speed? Yes, because its a mini-cnc maschine, which could damage elseDo you

Re: [Emc-developers] some regards for proxxon mf70 ?

2012-04-09 Thread Andy Pugh
On 9 Apr 2012, at 13:00, Florian König in...@web.de wrote: The mesa card is used for pwm generation ? What do i need then for the servo/stepper power, which i control with the pwm signal, or? You will almost always need separate power electronics drivers, either step/dir input stepper