The Animatics motors are an all in one Servo motor/drive/interface all stuffed into a very small package. So there is no separate boards or amps for these motors.
They are nice, but pricy. Moog bought out Animatics a while back and Moog is not known for low priced anything! Dave On 3/8/2015 4:07 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/08/2015 03:07 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >> Don't know what signals it takes. It has servo motors and uses an Animatics >> control box with an RS232C port. >> The old DOS software and the manual linked to in the video description might >> provide info useful for configuring other software, if it can use a serial >> port. >> It's an American made mill, not based on Asian castings. Uses round linear >> bearing rails. Someone who apparently worked for Light Machines posted >> internal company documentation for their machines on another forum. That >> info could also be useful for adding Light Machines mill and lathe support >> to LCNC. >> >> >> > Well, not sure the RS232 control is the best way to go. if > you can use step/direction > signals, that might be the simplest. Either direct from the > parallel port or with > some external step generator (either Pico Systems (that's > me) or Mesa). > > Or, if interfacing to the drives is not easy, then maybe use > the Pico Systems > PWM servo amps and PWM controller board. The encoders would > be fed to > the PWM controller board. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
