I choose a 7i92 to connect my PC with a PMDX132 to run PathPilot (which has LinuxCNC inside). Depending on your BOB it might be plug-play with pre-build .bit files to configure the Mesa card. My reason for going with ethernet version was to reduce electrical grounding issues. Had too many of those in the past with direct connected stuff. It also expands the choice of PC to run LinuxCNC on, doesn't need a pci or pcie slot this way.
Gerrit -----Original Message----- From: R C <[email protected]> Sent: June 13, 2021 8:43 PM To: linuxcnc-users-list <[email protected]> Subject: [Emc-users] all the MESA cards talk made me think Hello, I have a 'desktop' mill and lathe (both Sherline), and I am using a parallel BOB and printer ports to run them. Of course one of them just gave up (PCI printer card), I do have a spare but they are harder to come by, besides, the setup is not really ideal? What would be the best way to replace the BOB-LPT stuff? (these things are desktop CNC machines, I am playing/learning for fun, I am not trying to reliably machine F22 raptor jet engine parts, I am mostly turning stock into scrap). I see some cards that are in the $50 etc range, and there are the ones that use ether/cat5 connections (are 'regular' ethernet cards used with those?) I am looking at a lathe that has 2 steppers, and it has a quadrature encoder, the mill has 3 steppers, and planning on adding a quadrature encoder). thanks, Ron _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
