Lin Engineering sell a driver RS325, that takes serial commands using RS485 as opposed to RS232. This has the advantage of being able to connect multiple drivers to the same PC port. RS232 to RS485 adapters are available from several places, as well as USB to RS485 adapters
__________________________________________________________ John Harris E-Mail jdhhar...@customstage.net On 1/18/2012 1:05 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: > Plenty---most commercial 'stepper motor contollers' are designed to be > driven by serial commands, because that's easier to integrate in the > industrial world. Galil, Oregon Micro are two that we used, but Google has > over 7 million hits for "stepper motor controller serial port". > > Such controllers are usually more expensive: serial port implies passing > high-level motion commands, with trajectory profiles calculated by the > controller, etc. This is in contrast to the step-direction interface used > by cheap controllers/drivers. > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Karl Schmidt<k...@xtronics.com> wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend some stepper motor driver that one could send serial >> coordinate commands? I'm >> thinking that something like that exists? >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Karl Schmidt EMail k...@xtronics.com >> Transtronics, Inc. WEB http://xtronics.com >> 3209 West 9th Street Ph (785) 841-3089 >> Lawrence, KS 66049 FAX (785) 841-0434 >> >> Hybrid cars are like high-heels, they advertise something, but they aren't >> practical. -kps >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! >> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers >> is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, >> Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
