On 10/01/2018 10:01 AM, Sebastien BLANCHET wrote: > Hi Ajith, > > Kollmorgen and Beckhoff are both very reliable suppliers, but Beckhoff > I/O ELxxx may be preferable because they are currently supported by > LinuxCNCÂ http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EtherCatDriver > > (I do not know LinuxCNC, it is just an information I have found on > their wiki) > > Additionally, Beckhoff have exclusive innovating products what may > interest you when moving from the pilot to the massive production > https://beckhoff.com/english.asp?ethercat/ejxxxx.htm > > If your local Beckhoff contact is not seasoned yet, you may try to > contact directly the Beckhoff headquarters in Germany and use the > local guy only for the purchasing process. > > Note: always reply to the etherlab-user mailing list, so that the > mails are archived and may help other people. > > best regards,
Hi Ajith LinuxCNC support of Ethercat does require programming but once done is a very good option. Beckhoff gear is amazing (but pricey) Leadshine is now selling a Ethercat Stepper driver which have 5 inputs and 2 output and will drive a max of 7 amps, this is a really good option for a CNC router and the price will be much better than Kollmorgen or Beckhoff. This might mean you do not even need a extra IO. Beckhoff do a Stepper driver module which is also an option. Cheers Mike _______________________________________________ etherlab-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etherlab.org/mailman/listinfo/etherlab-users
