Re: Re: Homebrew digitiser

Doug

The EMC has all of the probe stuff built in. Will at NIST wrote an initial
script to show a probe point. I wrote a first try at a little Tcl/Tk script
that will let you select the area that you want to probe and the grid
spacing. It isn't fast but it's there.

Ray


From: Doug Fortune <pentam@...>

>
> PAbbott@... wrote:
>
> > I am trying to design/build a digitiser - there aren't many
> > affordable options here in Australia. Has anyone got any info,
> > designs, tips or know of kits that they would share with me. I'm
> > working with an area of approx 500mm x 350mm x 150mm.
>
> I'm working on the digitizer probe, and so are some others.
> They all work the same way (a signal is sent as a "touch probe"
> contacts the object surface), but the point is moot until some
> compatable software is added to some existing GCode interpreters.
>
> I believe MaxNC software supports digitizing, and Doug Yeager's
> CNC_Pro has a feed_hold line support.
>
> I'd suggest getting to work on your XYZ machine, and in six months
> when you're done the basic machine, there might be some digitizing
> options for you to consider at that time.
>
> Doug Fortune
> http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~fortuned/cncKITS_faq.html