The 5i25 + 7i77 is as close to dead simple easy as my limited knowledge and ability could imagine. All of my problems were user error. The combo-pak comes with firmwares pre-loaded. The only feature I that would have helped was better A/D input resolution and accuracy, but that is a rather odd need.
The IRC chat is spectacular for getting these going. JThornton has a web-page to help and one of the devs at Mesa is regularly available. I have been super happy with mine. Mark Center On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:51 PM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 25 October 2012 23:43, Gandjpappy <gandjpa...@aol.com> wrote: > > > My question is on the Mesa boards. > > > Don't forget to look at the Pico solutions too. > http://www.pico-systems.com/motion.html > > > My mill uses servos so it looks like a 5i25 and 7i77 would work but I > read where someone was using a 5i20. Will they both do the job and if so > what would be the advantage of one or the other? > > The 5i20 / 5i21 / 5i23 boards have more pins, so you can connect more > daughter boards. They cost a bit more, and tend to be not as easy to > wire. > It's much easier to switch between firmwares and configs with those > boards, as the firmware is reloaded every time LinuxCNC starts up. > > I think there are some firmwares that can't run on the *i25 boards. > > > -- > atp > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Windows 8 Center In partnership with Sourceforge Your idea - your app - 30 days. Get started! http://windows8center.sourceforge.net/ what-html-developers-need-to-know-about-coding-windows-8-metro-style-apps/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
