2013/4/28 RogerN <re...@wildblue.net> > I’m preparing for a conversion of a mill that has servos and encoders. It > currently has 3 axis but I want to add spindle control. In the future I’d > like to be able to add a rotary axis... > > What I’d like is a configuration to allow 8 servos plus some I/O for limit > and home switches. The configurations I saw listed seemed to have 4 servos > + I/O or more servos without I/O. > > Any recommendations for best solution, 8 encoders, 8 PWM out plus I/O. >
In case you don't (and you actually don't) need 8 axes, MESA 5i25 + 7i76 is a perfect fit with 6 servo axes + 48 I/O. If you still insist on 8 axes it will be more complicated and much more expensive: 5i22(or 5i23) + 7I65 (or 2x7i33) + 7i37 or other breakout board. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
