Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-27 Thread Peter Homann
Hi, You could always just purchase one of these. :) http://homanndesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=1products_id=38 or http://homanndesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=1products_id=21 It does exactly what you are after. Cheers, Peter. On 23/06/2011

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-23 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 22.06.11 15:19, andy pugh wrote: I think this circuit ought to work https://picasaweb.google.com/bodgesoc/Gibbs#5621046688941452194 Which is something I have meant to try for a while. I have a feeling I have drawn it before, and that time I was more confident in it, I think I have left out

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-23 Thread andy pugh
On 23 June 2011 11:23, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: The 3v dead-band now provided by the LEDs would allow quite small current limiting resistors to be used in each opto's output H-bridge leg, instead of the enormous 15k value, Something I forgot to say... That 15k was part

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-23 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 23.06.11 12:01, andy pugh wrote: Yes, it appears that I put the optos upside down too. You can see why I always buy 3 of every component... During an 18 year stint as an electronics engineer at a German multinational, I learnt a Murphy's Law in a word: Vorführungseffekt, which translates as

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-23 Thread andy pugh
On 23 June 2011 13:05, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: The drawback of this circuit is that wherever it is put it needs both the logic positive supply and the controlled positive supply, but I can't see any way round that if you want to actively discharge the output cap on

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 June 2011 04:12, Edward Bernard yankeelena2...@yahoo.com wrote: I have thought about replacing the potentiometer  with an interface to EMC2 and would love to hear any ideas to accomplish  this. My first thought was to use an Arduino board to accept a PWM  signal and control a digital

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-21 Thread Peter Loron
On 06/10/2011 04:21 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 10 June 2011 23:53, Jack Coatsj...@coats.org wrote: They seem to support MACH3, but not apparently EMC2 (or at least not documented well). It has a PWM input, so EMC2 control would be trivial. However, it is rather expensive, and duplicates

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-21 Thread andy pugh
On 22 June 2011 01:22, Peter Loron pet...@standingwave.org wrote: I noted a very similar looking controller at Harbor Frieght for $19. Has anybody hacked on one of these to drive the pot from EMC? No, but I am pretty sure I know how, with push-pull optos. -- atp Torque wrenches are for the

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-21 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 6/21/2011 8:22 PM, Peter Loron wrote: On 06/10/2011 04:21 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 10 June 2011 23:53, Jack Coatsj...@coats.org wrote: They seem to support MACH3, but not apparently EMC2 (or at least not documented well). It has a PWM input, so EMC2 control would be trivial. However,

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-21 Thread Edward Bernard
and control a digital pot. Any better (simpler) ideas? From: Kent A. Reed knbr...@erols.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 8:01:11 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC? On 6/21/2011 8:22 PM

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-21 Thread Peter Loron
Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 8:01:11 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC? On 6/21/2011 8:22 PM, Peter Loron wrote: On 06/10/2011 04:21 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 10 June 2011 23:53, Jack Coatsj...@coats.org wrote: They seem to support MACH3

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-21 Thread Karl Cunningham
@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 8:01:11 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC? On 6/21/2011 8:22 PM, Peter Loron wrote: On 06/10/2011 04:21 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 10 June 2011 23:53, Jack Coatsj...@coats.org wrote: They seem to support MACH3, but not apparently EMC2

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-21 Thread Edward Bernard
Good thought, Karl. From: Karl Cunningham ka...@keckec.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 10:53:20 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC? One bit of caution. The speed controls I've seen

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-21 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:24:45 AM Karl Cunningham did opine: One bit of caution. The speed controls I've seen built into power tools are not isolated from the line voltage. So expect to have to isolate (optical or otherwise) any control signal between its source and the speed controller

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 June 2011 05:14, Steve Stallings steve...@newsguy.com wrote: The SuperPID is optimized for the style of universal motors that are typically used for consumer/home shop high speed wood router spindles. The KBIC controllers are typically designed for shunt or permanent magnet motors

[Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-10 Thread Jack Coats
I was cruising CNCZone and saw a thread on SuperPID ( see superpid.com ). It is a speed controller to control router speeds that is new on the market and can be manually controlled or electronically controlled. They seem to support MACH3, but not apparently EMC2 (or at least not documented well).

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 June 2011 23:53, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote:  They seem to support MACH3, but not apparently EMC2 (or at least not documented well). It has a PWM input, so EMC2 control would be trivial. However, it is rather expensive, and duplicates on-board a number of things that EMC2 would do

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-10 Thread Jack Coats
Whoopee! I found the info on the EMC2 site. Yes, it should be pretty easily controllable. I downloaded the manual for version 2 of the SuperPID that tells how to do it with Mach3. The doc's at EMC2 are: http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php?option=com_kunenaItemid=20func=viewid=3858catid=38 So

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-10 Thread Jon Elson
Jack Coats wrote: I was cruising CNCZone and saw a thread on SuperPID ( see superpid.com ). It is a speed controller to control router speeds that is new on the market and can be manually controlled or electronically controlled. They seem to support MACH3, but not apparently EMC2 (or at

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-10 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 17:53 -0500, Jack Coats wrote: I was cruising CNCZone and saw a thread on SuperPID ( see superpid.com ). It is a speed controller to control router speeds that is new on the market and can be manually controlled or electronically controlled. They seem to support MACH3,

Re: [Emc-users] SuperPID with EMC?

2011-06-10 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, June 10, 2011 11:08:44 PM Kirk Wallace did opine: On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 17:53 -0500, Jack Coats wrote: I was cruising CNCZone and saw a thread on SuperPID ( see superpid.com ). It is a speed controller to control router speeds that is new on the market and can be manually