Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Black Box

Alan Marconett KM6VV wrote:

> So Jon,
>
> What plans for production do you have for this board? Are you
> planning
> to make it a commercial venture? Offer boards/kits to the group?
> What
> time frame do you have in mind? I'm sure several in the group are
> interested in this project! I know I am! Perhaps, if you're ready,
> you
> could run down your plans/schedule for release.

I have just sent out to have the boards made. I figured out
that the same board can be used for the encoder counter
and the step pulse generator. Eric is working on the
Linux driver to get EMC to talk to these units. I will
have to do some testing with Linux/EMC to get any kinks
out of the servo setup first, before making a different version
of the code to run the timing generator.

As for the arrangement, I think I will just build these complete.
The servo amp was a mess due to the massive number of components,
and I really didn't want to charge something reasonable for my time.
These units don't have much on them. There's one big chip (fpga)
an SPROM to configure the fpga, one 74HC00 gate chip, and a
crystal oscillator module. There are about a dozen passive components.
So, the time to assemble and test this would be MUCH less.

So, it is getting pretty close.

Jon