2009/10/7 Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> > ... > The signals between the original Bandit controller and the stepper > driver boards were quadrature, so I just copied what the Bandit was > doing, except the Bandit had a clever means to phase in single stepping > at higher step rates (>50 ipm). This gave a maximum axis travel rate of > 100" per minute. I want to go to servos and 70" per minute is fine for > now, so I haven't tried to figure out how to get EMC2 to to phase in > single stepping. So basically, there is just a driver chip and some CAT5 > between EMC2 and the original driver board and stepper motor. > > -- > Kirk Wallace > > Sounds like a very clean setup. Then it would be really easy to make an amplifier board (with opto isolation) that just enhance the signal, right? No need to by step/dir drivers then. My friend bought an old school CNC with steppers, and I think this setup would be really nice on his machine.
Regards, Sven ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
