Hi, I would like to use one of Mesa's FPGA cards to drive 8 stepper axes. I would ideally use 4 of their 7I32 stepper driver cards to drive all 8 steppers. This is for a 6 axis hexapod with a rotary axis on top and another stepper for extrusion.
>From what I understand EMC2 only supports EPP or PCI. I also need at least 4 50 pin headers to connect to the stepper daughter cards. This leaves me with the 5I22. Is the 7I60 also an option? I don't think so because it only has serial ports. The 7I60 is a nice solution for me, because eventually I would like this to be a standalone controller with the motion control program right on the FPGA. Is the Xilinx WebPack easy to program with? Does someone have experience with this? Thanks for your time. Rob Antonides Robotics and Motion Control in the Pacific Northwest Apex Motion Control, Inc. 16056 92A Ave Surrey BC V4N 3E2 Canada r...@apexmotion.com www.apexmotion.com Ph: (604) 780-9344 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
