On 03/20/2016 12:02 PM, bari wrote: > How have they lowered the cost of the control and GUI hardware? > > Pololu-style drivers are under $5 from China, I use the 8825 version, good up to about 2 A at modest voltage.
The CRAMPS board (that I make to Charles Steinkuehler's design) is $79.95, and mounts up to 6 Pololu-style drivers, and handles 6 limits switch inputs. It also has inputs for 4 temperature sensors (or other analog inputs) and 3 heater outputs and two fans or LED lights, or whatever you want. The latter stuff is aimed at 3D printers. The Beagle Bone is currently available for about $55. So, a complete controller for a 3-axis machine can be set up for $150 plus power supplies. You can connect an LCD panel, keyboard and mouse directly, or use a laptop or other computer through USB or Ethernet for the human interface. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
