Design of I-O Bords
Posted by
Bertho Boman
on 1999-07-22 05:08:22 UTC
I am new in this group and I have been reading for a while. Apparently
there is an ongoing effort to design different I-O boards and
controllers with discussions of what should be included.
It would be great if the boards could be compatible with a commercial
available one. For example, a simple, stripped down 3-axis encoder I-O
board could have the same address and counter configuration as a
commercial one. Then different software programs would be compatible
without modifications. Persons not inclined to build hardware could buy
the commercial ones and concentrate on writing software or just use what
shareware is available.
I patched in Dan Falk's suggestion below.
Bertho Boman
Vinland Corporation
Sunny (and too hot) Florida
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Dan Falck <dfalck@...> wrote:
< If you guys are making a servo card for the PC, you might want to look
at
< the handy manual that Servo to Go has on their web site:
< http://www.servotogo.com/
< Go to the download section, then download the hardware manual (sorry,
it's
< in Word Doc format). It has graphics embedded in it with a picture of
the
< card, diagrams, a table with the chips used, addressing, pin-outs
etc...
< This might save the card designers in the group and Fred Proctor a
little
< time.
there is an ongoing effort to design different I-O boards and
controllers with discussions of what should be included.
It would be great if the boards could be compatible with a commercial
available one. For example, a simple, stripped down 3-axis encoder I-O
board could have the same address and counter configuration as a
commercial one. Then different software programs would be compatible
without modifications. Persons not inclined to build hardware could buy
the commercial ones and concentrate on writing software or just use what
shareware is available.
I patched in Dan Falk's suggestion below.
Bertho Boman
Vinland Corporation
Sunny (and too hot) Florida
=====================================
Dan Falck <dfalck@...> wrote:
< If you guys are making a servo card for the PC, you might want to look
at
< the handy manual that Servo to Go has on their web site:
< http://www.servotogo.com/
< Go to the download section, then download the hardware manual (sorry,
it's
< in Word Doc format). It has graphics embedded in it with a picture of
the
< card, diagrams, a table with the chips used, addressing, pin-outs
etc...
< This might save the card designers in the group and Fred Proctor a
little
< time.