[Emc-users] EMC mentioned in IEEE Spectrum Magazine

2009-06-10 Thread Bob Freeman
Hello, FYI, EMC was mentioned in a two page article, "Automate Your Home Shop Computer-controlled shop tools need not cost a fortune," in the IEEE Spectrum Magazine, June 2009, pp22-23. Here's a link to the online version: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/automate-your-home-shop

[Emc-users] Inkscape gcode.py error -- Unknown option: --

2009-03-06 Thread Bob Freeman
Hello, EMCers, I installed the gcode Effects for Inkscape but get the following error from Inkscape when running the Export as Gcode or when doing a Save As... Unknown option: -- usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ... Try `python -h' for more information. I get the sa

Re: [Emc-users] PCB routing on a CNC mill

2009-01-02 Thread Bob Freeman
Hello, William, I am using Eagle PCB design software from: http://cadsoft.de and then the ULP code from pcb-gcode located at: http://www.pcbgcode.org/ and they work together just great. Eagle runs on one Ubuntu box then gcode files are transfered to the EMC machine for milling. I'm running Ea

Re: [Emc-users] Control of AC motor in antenna rotor (Kirk Wallace)

2008-12-01 Thread Bob Freeman
Hello, EMCers, Am back from Mom's and Thanksgiving--sorry to see I missed out on the conversation regarding antenna rotor control! Thanks, Kirk, Gene, Jim, and others for great comments on these rotor/controllers. There was some question about how the controller would be used. My hope is to u

[Emc-users] Control of AC motor in antenna rotor

2008-11-26 Thread Bob Freeman
Hello, Am interested in using EMC2 to control some traditional antenna rotators, like the Alliance U-100. These are AC motors that are turned on/off and reversed using relays (have known these to be called "bang-bang" controllers). I would like to use a triac and encoder feedback to control t

[Emc-users] EMC-based Antenna Measurements

2008-03-05 Thread Bob Freeman
Hello, All, CNC is just good fun but sometimes I like to work with things I can't see, electromagnetics (i.e. antennas). Hope you find the EMC-based project I've started, the Enhanced Machine Controller-based Antenna Range (EMCAR), interesting. You can see it at emcar.sourceforge.net. I'll b

[Emc-users] axis logo module that emc loads on default

2008-02-11 Thread Bob Freeman
Of course, I could change the default file, or link to something else, or Thanks, and thanks for EMC2--it just works! Regards, Bob Freeman - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R