Re: CNC PRO

I'm not Dan, but having used the timer chip before, I can vouch for it
being potentially much more accurate than a timing loop approach. It can
be tricky dealing with counter overflow, but it can be done. I may still
have some example code around if anyone is really interested.

Bill Martin


Jon Anderson wrote:

>
> From: Jon Anderson <janders@...>
>
> Dan,
>
> Nice to hear someone is supporting their program, especially at such a
> low cost. I looked over the site last night and emailed some questions.
> Probably going to give this a try.
> For an outside opinion, what do you think of his use of the timing chip
> on the motherboard to time stepper pulses as opposed to using timing
> loops in software? Could this be of any real world advantage, or is it
> just a different approach?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon Anderson
>
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