Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 October 2018 21:46:59 Alan Condit wrote: > I have a homemade encoder on my lathe spindle. I am feeding the > encoder outputs into the encoder spindle inputs on the 7I76. The > reported rpm seems to be fluctuating wildly. I want to look at the > signals to see if the width of the sig

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 gpio's

2018-10-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 October 2018 19:23:58 Chris Albertson wrote: > > I'm not allergic to that, other than the learning how to do it time > > The little $2 parts can be used with Arduino IDE. I bet you > already know how to do that. > Sorry, I've never knowingly touched an arduino, so I know pretty

[Emc-users] Help with small mill setup

2018-10-27 Thread craig
I bought a small desktop mill a couple of years ago in a state surplus auction.  I think it turned out to be a much better buy than I expected. The hardware (see below) seems to be OK except a Dell GX-270 computer that was apparently used as a controller but will not boot and the spindle contro

[Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-27 Thread Alan Condit
I have a homemade encoder on my lathe spindle. I am feeding the encoder outputs into the encoder spindle inputs on the 7I76. The reported rpm seems to be fluctuating wildly. I want to look at the signals to see if the width of the signals is about the same for the index on time and for channel A

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 gpio's

2018-10-27 Thread Chris Albertson
> > > I'm not allergic to that, other than the learning how to do it time > The little $2 parts can be used with Arduino IDE. I bet you already know how to do that. But you do get better use of them using ARM's MBED IDC which is only a baby step above Arduino. -- Chris Albertson Redondo B

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 gpio's

2018-10-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 October 2018 18:52:37 Chris Albertson wrote: > Some day I'll have to connect my favorite development board to EMC. > That way every time someone suggests something I can ask "Is it > already built? Can it step a motor at 100K per second, can it read > quadrature encoders at the MHz

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 gpio's

2018-10-27 Thread Chris Albertson
Some day I'll have to connect my favorite development board to EMC. That way every time someone suggests something I can ask "Is it already built? Can it step a motor at 100K per second, can it read quadrature encoders at the MHz range and get you get it for under $2.50 with shipping included?" I

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 gpio's

2018-10-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 October 2018 17:30:42 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > PCIe to SPi 'demo board'. > https://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=256;74;110 >Docs and drivers at the bottom of the page > > On Saturday, October 27, 2018, 1:43:43 AM MDT, Gene Heskett > wrote: >

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 gpio's

2018-10-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
PCIe to SPi 'demo board'. https://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=256;74;110Docs and drivers at the bottom of the page On Saturday, October 27, 2018, 1:43:43 AM MDT, Gene Heskett wrote: The spi port on the pi is faster, but I've not found an spi card for x86 machiner

[Emc-users] Feed/Rapid override physical knob selection

2018-10-27 Thread Roland Jollivet
On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 at 17:27, andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 at 15:38, Eric Keller wrote: > > > The $20 MPG dials seem a > > little large for a feed rate override. > > There are lots of 2-channel encoder switches in a potentiometer-like > format. > Typically 16 clicks per rev. > > There

Re: [Emc-users] Feed/Rapid override physical knob selection

2018-10-27 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 at 15:38, Eric Keller wrote: > The $20 MPG dials seem a > little large for a feed rate override. There are lots of 2-channel encoder switches in a potentiometer-like format. Typically 16 clicks per rev. There are BCD coded ones too, but they need more IO pins each (4) https:

Re: [Emc-users] Feed/Rapid override physical knob selection

2018-10-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 October 2018 10:35:07 Eric Keller wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 9:43 AM Les Newell > > wrote: > > You can't have a pointer on an encoder because you have no way of > > knowing where zero is. > > > > Can a quad encoder be initialized to a particular value? There would > > be no >

Re: [Emc-users] Feed/Rapid override physical knob selection

2018-10-27 Thread Eric Keller
On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 9:43 AM Les Newell wrote: > You can't have a pointer on an encoder because you have no way of > knowing where zero is. > > Can a quad encoder be initialized to a particular value? There would be no reason to home it in this application if so. The $20 MPG dials seem a litt

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 gpio's

2018-10-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 26 October 2018 23:26:38 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 21:17:29 -0400 > > From: Gene Heskett > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Emc-users] 5i25 g