Re: [Emc-users] the state of the Wiki

2012-04-17 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > > Speaking of the Wiki , it could use a lot more > editorial work. Looking at the Recent Changes listing, I see the usual > few suspects making progress but there is a lot of work left. > > Back in January, after the decision was announced to

Re: [Emc-users] C Compiler - MPLAB

2012-04-17 Thread Jon Elson
Dave wrote: > It is just a little overwhelming what can be done with these ARM MCUs. > Yes, I'm using the Beagle Board in some projects. One of them receives TCP packets and sets a 32-in 8-out signal multiplexer in a location that is sometimes inaccessible due to radiation. It is a totally m

Re: [Emc-users] BLDC on 7i43 + 7i39 + linear motors

2012-04-17 Thread rob c
You don't need an Oscilloscope to determine if your power supply is faulty, also you can check to continuity of all your wires using a simple multimeter. Keep it simple. Again what kind of Encoder are you using? Rob http://www.whatisacnc.com > From: parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 1

Re: [Emc-users] Bldc Drive

2012-04-17 Thread Joachim Franek
See: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Bridges_-_Half,_Full,_Three_Phase From: http://osdir.com/ml/emc-users-enhanced-machine-controller/2012-03/msg00162.html FNB41060 - IGBT SMART PM,600V,10A < 10 Euro at Farnell Joachim -

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread Erik Friesen
Paid$$. Try these - www.aercon.net/Public/PartsIges.zip On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:14 PM, John Thornton wrote: > IIRC the level of OneCNC I purchased was somewhat over 1k... I can't > completely recommend it as it does have some UI issues and is not the > best but it does work for me. > > Still

Re: [Emc-users] Bldc Drive

2012-04-17 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 01:21:07 PM Erik Friesen did opine: > Bad link? > Yes, and no. You probably did like me and picked up part of the elipses when you clicked on it. Gary: The accepted way to post a link is to put it between 's. That makes the system able to automatically separate th

Re: [Emc-users] Bldc Drive

2012-04-17 Thread Dave Caroline
remove trailing . http://www.fairchildsemi.com/products/discrete/spm/index.html Dave Caroline On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > Bad link? > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Gabriel Willen wrote: > >> What do you guys think about using one of these to drive a BLDC or AC Ser

Re: [Emc-users] Bldc Drive

2012-04-17 Thread Erik Friesen
Bad link? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Gabriel Willen wrote: > What do you guys think about using one of these to drive a BLDC or AC Servo > motor? http://www.fairchildsemi.com/products/discrete/spm/index.html... > seems like they have a good selection. > > Gabe > > --

[Emc-users] Bldc Drive

2012-04-17 Thread Gabriel Willen
What do you guys think about using one of these to drive a BLDC or AC Servo motor? http://www.fairchildsemi.com/products/discrete/spm/index.html... seems like they have a good selection. Gabe -- Better than sec? Nothing is

Re: [Emc-users] C Compiler - MPLAB

2012-04-17 Thread Dave
On 4/17/2012 5:33 AM, John Prentice wrote: > Greetings > > - Original Message - > From: "Dave" > > > >> On 4/16/2012 5:00 PM, Stephen Dubovsky wrote: >> As far as I can tell, ARMs are in a different class. (Price, complexity, performance, etc.) >>> There a

Re: [Emc-users] Kirks Hardinge project...

2012-04-17 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 18:02 +0200, Roger Holmquist wrote: > I just looked at your Hardinge lathe Kirk and found a HAL-file who by > my Newbie eyes found unfinished! > Ayway, just in case here it is: > http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/HNC/emc2/nc_files/M111 > and I guess you simply haven't fi

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge HNC

2012-04-17 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 20:59 -0700, Terry Christophersen wrote: > That answers my question. > That looks like a lot of files to get your turret to work. I only needed to write the turret.comp and I think the s32equal.comp. The rest were already available. These config files use the old HAL commands

Re: [Emc-users] BLDC on 7i43 + 7i39 + linear motors

2012-04-17 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Andrew wrote: Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:10:26 +0300 From: Andrew Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] BLDC on 7i43 + 7i39 + linear motors 17 2012 ??. 16:50 Peter C. Wallace ?

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread John Thornton
IIRC the level of OneCNC I purchased was somewhat over 1k... I can't completely recommend it as it does have some UI issues and is not the best but it does work for me. Still no response from the attempt to get a trial version of alibre so unless you can create a dxf with all the information ne

Re: [Emc-users] C Compiler - MPLAB

2012-04-17 Thread Dave
Have you used, or are you using the NXP software tools? I'm downloading the NXP code_red LPCXpresso software right now. They say it is low cost, but so far there has been no cost. :-) (Where do they get these names from?? LPCXpresso?? ) >>To the inexperienced person, everything in the last 5+

Re: [Emc-users] BLDC on 7i43 + 7i39 + linear motors

2012-04-17 Thread Andrew
17 квітня 2012 р. 16:50 Peter C. Wallace написав: > Flat cable problems? The fact that the encoder inputs on the 7I39 do not > work for you means something is wrong either on the 7I39s or the > interconnections to the 7I43 > The cable is probably OK. I bought 2 of them and no one works. And the

Re: [Emc-users] Fw: machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread Erik Friesen
Its not pure bromine. Its just enough to make some plastics brittle. Its in tablet form, so it is probably an occasional 10% ?? liquid? Why the fuss over pvc? It machines ok for me. Its much better than uhmw. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:21 AM, dave wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > D

[Emc-users] Kirks Hardinge project...

2012-04-17 Thread Roger Holmquist
I just looked at your Hardinge lathe Kirk and found a HAL-file who by my Newbie eyes found unfinished! Ayway, just in case here it is: http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/HNC/emc2/nc_files/M111 and I guess you simply haven't finished it yet, it's a copy if M110... Nice to have a bolts&nut vi

[Emc-users] Fw: machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread dave
Begin forwarded message: Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:43:13 -0500 From: John Thornton To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice At least I can open up the stl files and view them in 3-D. There are several areas that are impossible to machine... they c

[Emc-users] the state of the Wiki

2012-04-17 Thread Kent A. Reed
Gentle persons: When the dust settles over some of the recent, long threads on subjects like "G540 Test Update" and "BLDC" I hope the essences of the subjects get distilled into useful pages on our Wiki. Speaking of the Wiki , it could use a lot more editorial work. Looking at the Recent C

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread Erik Friesen
Whats is the cost for OneCNC? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:06 AM, John Thornton wrote: > Strangely enough my CAM software (OneCNC) will open a stl file but I > can't extract any edges or surfaces for machining. > > I registered twice to get the trial download but have not received the > email yet

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread John Thornton
Strangely enough my CAM software (OneCNC) will open a stl file but I can't extract any edges or surfaces for machining. I registered twice to get the trial download but have not received the email yet with the information... the next page gave me another register page and wouldn't you know I go

Re: [Emc-users] BLDC on 7i43 + 7i39 + linear motors

2012-04-17 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Andrew wrote: Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:21:20 +0300 From: Andrew Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] BLDC on 7i43 + 7i39 + linear motors 17 2012 ??. 03:24 Peter C. Wallace ?

Re: [Emc-users] BLDC on 7i43 + 7i39 + linear motors

2012-04-17 Thread Greg Bernard
How is a brushless motor going to rotate with just a DC power supply?   +++ We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy --

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread Erik Friesen
I get some new corrected ones on here after a bit. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:28 AM, John Thornton wrote: > The top part just has some counterbores for SHCS's. And yes I agree the > part should be modeled with a radius on inside corners as allowed. > > John > > On 4/17/2012 8:13 AM, andy pugh wr

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread John Thornton
The top part just has some counterbores for SHCS's. And yes I agree the part should be modeled with a radius on inside corners as allowed. John On 4/17/2012 8:13 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 17 April 2012 14:02, Erik Friesen wrote: >> Everything else ended up with 1/8 radius. > In that case you n

Re: [Emc-users] BLDC on 7i43 + 7i39 + linear motors

2012-04-17 Thread rob c
So the 7i39 is a brush less DC motor, if your trying to see if the motor it self is functional just hook it up to a DC power supply, 12V would do just fine, if it rotates regardless of polarity the motor is good and you need to move onto the electronics. What are you hooking the encoder to? Wha

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 April 2012 14:02, Erik Friesen wrote: > Everything else ended up with 1/8 radius. In that case you need to draw it with a 1/8" radius, or the machine shops will quote for the part as-drawn, and you will be paying a lot more for difficult machining that you don't need. I see, for example, t

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread Erik Friesen
The only places that require a 1/16 bit are the o ring grooves on the base and middle pieces. Everything else ended up with 1/8 radius. I machined the radius with a ball end mill, which is time consuming, but less than doing it by hand. The base this fits in was machined using a ball end, so to

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread John Thornton
Someone on the SolidWorks forum said there is a free 30 day trial of alibre that is full featured and the files can be exported as a step or parasolid file which is a native file for SW. I'm downloading the trial now to see so if you want to link to the three parts in alibre I'll try and conver

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread John Thornton
It appears that all the hexes have sharp inside corners as well as a couple of places on the inside of the base. The bosses around the screw holes on the top inside corners are drawn sharp inside corners. The middle section bosses for the screw holes also have sharp inside corners. I wish Solid

Re: [Emc-users] C Compiler - MPLAB

2012-04-17 Thread Erik Friesen
I know this is somewhat up to debate, but having everything under one roof is worth something. To the inexperienced person, everything in the last 5+ posts is complete greek. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 5:33 AM, John Prentice < j...@castlewd.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > Greetings > > - Original Mes

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread Erik Friesen
Which areas? I have built 10 of these on my 3 axis machine. I had to hand drill the hole in the side of the lid. Everything else was done with 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16 bits. PVC is the only cost effective material with resistance to bromine. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 7:43 AM, John Thornton wrote: >

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge HNC

2012-04-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 April 2012 12:57, John Thornton wrote: > I converted my CHNC a while back with a Mesa 5i20 + 7i33TA + 7i37TA > cards. My CHNC uses encoders so that part was easy... as I understand > the HNC has resolvers so you need an additional card for that There is support for the Mesa 7i49 in the 2.5

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge HNC

2012-04-17 Thread Ian McMahon
Yes, I'm ssi on IRC, and the conversion was quite straightforward. I have $400 in Mesa gear, under $200 for two vfds, and miscellaneous wiring supplies. The stock resolvers work great with mesa's 7i49, there's no problems with the Hiak amps. The only issue I ran into was dirty tachs, and th

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge HNC

2012-04-17 Thread John Thornton
I converted my CHNC a while back with a Mesa 5i20 + 7i33TA + 7i37TA cards. My CHNC uses encoders so that part was easy... as I understand the HNC has resolvers so you need an additional card for that. IIRC ssi on the IRC just finished converting a HNC as well as many others. I'm in the process

Re: [Emc-users] machine shop advice

2012-04-17 Thread John Thornton
At least I can open up the stl files and view them in 3-D. There are several areas that are impossible to machine... they could be injection molded but not machined. Sharp inside corners in the Z axis are not machinable... if they have a radius they can be machined. The smaller the radius the l

Re: [Emc-users] C Compiler - MPLAB

2012-04-17 Thread John Prentice
Greetings - Original Message - From: "Dave" > On 4/16/2012 5:00 PM, Stephen Dubovsky wrote: >>> As far as I can tell, ARMs are in a different class. (Price, complexity, >>> performance, etc.) >> There are dozens of companies making >> thousands of ARM processor variations. One will ha