Re: [Emc-developers] tandem PID steppers - 1 or 2 PIDs

2016-03-13 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 13 Mar 2016, Chris Morley wrote:

> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 20:30:17 +
> From: Chris Morley <chrisinnana...@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
> To: EMC DEV <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: [Emc-developers] tandem PID steppers - 1 or 2 PIDs
> 
> Looking to fix up tandem steppers in pncconf.
> This is using Mesa stepgens.
>
> Would it work fine to use one PID loop to control
> the two stepgens?
>
> basically ignore the second stepgens fb.
>
> Thanks
> Chris M


I dont think so, there is nothing to keep one stepgens position from slowly 
drifting away from the others during acceleration due to slight differences in 
position read and in velocity write times. These offsets would be small and 
should cancel out but I dont get the warm fuzzys that long term position drift 
is impossible with this approach.

Also this would prevent the (useful) addition of position offsets between
stepgens (like the Gantry comp does)



>
> --
> 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=278785111=/4140
> ___
> Emc-developers mailing list
> Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
>

Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics

(\__/)
(='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your
(")_(") signature to help him gain world domination.


--
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=278785111=/4140
___
Emc-developers mailing list
Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers


[Emc-developers] tandem PID steppers - 1 or 2 PIDs

2016-03-13 Thread Chris Morley
Looking to fix up tandem steppers in pncconf.
This is using Mesa stepgens.

Would it work fine to use one PID loop to control 
the two stepgens?

basically ignore the second stepgens fb.

Thanks
Chris M
  
--
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=278785111=/4140
___
Emc-developers mailing list
Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers