"Jim Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/11/07, Sebastian Kuzminsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you suggesting a fat ground wire from the ground on the driver > > circuit to the case of the PC? > > pretty much, in case there is some wicked ground loop, or an accident, you'd > have a current path directly to the computer's case instead of having to go > through the parallel port and across the ground traces on the motherboard. > i dont know the parallel port's limit on the ground, but i know i would feel > better having a second ground in place.
That makes sense. Even better, I suppose, would be to optically isolate the PC from the servo driver but I think I'll save that for the next computer after I fry this one. ;-) -- Sebastian Kuzminsky ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
