RE: EMC-programming request

As long as we are making request, I will put mine in also:
1 - Backlash compensation for steppers
2 - Read the Kulaga/Mauch DRO board for feedback input to created a closed
loop stepper


Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
>
> I have a request for the programmers who are working on EMC (Fred, Will,
> etc...):
> Would it be possible to make a probe (CMM type) software interface with
> XEMC? It would be great to be able to digitize a part in XEMC and then
> output a basic x,y,z coordinate file. It would be nice to make a teach
> mode for it at the very least.
> I would like to be able to write a G-code program that would move in .100"
> increments over a part, slowly lower the spindle, touch the part with a
> crude microswitch rigged probe, stop spindle movement, record the
> position,
> and move on.
> Fred, if you are out there, what are some of the future plans for EMC?
> What direction would you like to see the project go? I think that you
> guys have done a great job with this thing, it works very smoothly for me.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan