[Emc-users] Interferometric leadscrew measurement/mapping?

2009-12-18 Thread Anders Wallin
Hi all, I built a simple interferometer for measuring the surface of a hand ground/polished telescope mirror a while ago. Yesterday I removed the expanding lens and used a photodiode to measure the interference fringes. I mounted the back-reflector on a small motorized stage which has ca 100mm

Re: [Emc-users] Interferometric leadscrew measurement/mapping?

2009-12-18 Thread Nicolas HENRY
Hi Anders W ! Happy to see some pic of your's prototype ! I have ever made an prototype interferometer to do measurement of distance. And I have some difficult to have a good signal on photodiode to have stable measurement. For that i know I think to know in which direction you are going you

Re: [Emc-users] Interferometric leadscrew measurement/mapping?

2009-12-18 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/12/18 Anders Wallin anders.e.e.wal...@gmail.com: I am wondering if anyone in the group has experience with a commercial professional interferometer used for measuring machine tools? Not directly for machine tools, but I have used products from Polytec.

Re: [Emc-users] Interferometric leadscrew measurement/mapping?

2009-12-18 Thread Anders Wallin
Happy to see some pic of  your's prototype ! I have ever made an prototype interferometer to do measurement of distance. And I have some difficult to have a good signal on photodiode to have stable measurement. one picture and some text is now here.

Re: [Emc-users] Is their better step by step instructions for calibrating the lead screws using encoders with cheap lead screws? Not in the wiki it doen't show enough detail for me to do it.

2009-12-18 Thread Stuart Stevenson
this example is from here http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Screw_Compensation and includes my comments - compare the file use this COMP_FILE_TYPE = 0 nominal forward reverse - nominal is the uncompensated commanded position

Re: [Emc-users] Interferometric leadscrew measurement/mapping?

2009-12-18 Thread Kenneth Lerman
A laser interferometer is on my todo list. I've acquired all of the optics on ebay for a total of a few hundred dollars. I've built a power supply. The major part I'm missing is the counting and interpolating electronics with a computer interface. The system generates two pulse trains at

[Emc-users] Stepper drivers

2009-12-18 Thread John Dunn
Hi there, I am just starting out to try simple cnc on a Taig lathe. I have the emc2 Ubuntu live disk (Hardy Heron) and I am in the process of adding a leadscrew (8mm x 1.25mm) to the Taig lathe, I also have 2 size 23 stepper motors from a printer which I believe are 5 volts 1 amp 6 wire unipolar.

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper drivers

2009-12-18 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/12/18 John Dunn jsed...@sky.com: I also have 2 size 23 stepper motors from a printer which I believe are 5 volts 1 amp 6 wire unipolar. The next thing I need are 2 stepper motor drivers. I'm a bit confused about these, will any type match up with emc2 or do they have to be a particular

Re: [Emc-users] network problems

2009-12-18 Thread Alfredo Sola
On 17/12/09 23:19, mike walker wrote: ASUS P5KPL-CM It seems to use an Atheros chip for which the stock kernel doesn't have drivers, according to: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=881156 Looks like a valid loadable module should have come with the CD. You will

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper drivers

2009-12-18 Thread mike walker
Don't know if the following will help or not. I have a fairly large router that i built using steppers. size 23 and size 34. the motors are rated  five volts. i run them at 50 volts using gecko controlers and a breakout board. My control program is Mach3. It has worked well for me for over two

Re: [Emc-users] newbie problems

2009-12-18 Thread mike walker
your right. according to what i have heard it is quite doable. but i have not been able to do it yet. so i went around the problem. i went to the local goodwill computer store and got a D-Link DGE-530T PCI card for $5. stuck it in the box and hooked up to the web at once. problem solved for

Re: [Emc-users] newbie problems

2009-12-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 18 December 2009, mike walker wrote: your right. according to what i have heard it is quite doable. but i have not been able to do it yet. so i went around the problem. i went to the local goodwill computer store and got a D-Link DGE-530T PCI card for $5. stuck it in the box and