RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] microstepping speed?

If you go with the Gecko G210 you will not have a problem with outputting a
fast enough step rate. it multiplies the steps put out by your computer.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> Hi,
> I am direct driving a slide with a stepper so as to return the cutter
> to the home position after the cut as fast as possible, this makes
> the
> cut rather "ratchety" and less precise than I would like but I am
> only
> machining wood.
> I have been looking with a great deal of interest at the Geckodrives
> and their microstepping features (my controller only half steps) and
> I
> have some questions.
> I have been lead to believe that the speed of the computer controls
> the maximum speed a stepper can reach? So if I used microstepping the
> stepper will run slower unless I upgrade my computer because more
> pulses are required? I use a dos g code interpreter and an old 386!
> Thanks, Terry Ackland
>
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