Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Signal gen Interface

Ron,

I'm not sure any two of us are on the same page here! I think you and I
have at roughly similar ideas, though.

With this many ideas flying around we're bound to stumble over a few
good ones.

Jeff

On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 22:58:49 -0500, you wrote:

>I am not sure we are all talking about the same kind of box here. In my
>view there are no interrupts between the box and the PC. My view is like
>the command set of the Simple Step or Pic Servo, or even INDEXER.LPT.
>
>The PC would calculate the next coordinate, and the box would handle all
>the timing, sending back some kind of ACK when that move had occurred,
>and ready for the next move. The moves can all be in just step units,
>let the PC figure out how many steps to move and do the inches or MM
>stuff.
>
>This discussion of frequency generators and interrupts is still in the
>domain of someting that requires a device driver. I think a parrallel
>port or serial- or even a USB would be fine. I know USB has some timing
>issues, but remember Im thinking that the commnads to the box will be
>for entire moves not for single steps.
>
>Are we all on the same page here?
>
>ron ginger