Re: Unregulated power supply

> From: Gary Passon <gary@...>
>
> I've found the same thing... Curious perspective. It's kinda looks like

they are "pricing-up"

> the Power systems and "princing-down" the software and interface card. The

$1500-2500

> for the 12 amp (3-4 axis)power system seems a bit excessive and the Basic

software and card

> to emulate a Faunc-6 for $500-600 seems a little cheap. Even the Artisan

software seems OK priced if it does all it sezs it

> does.

The stepper driver systems are pretty nice, at least to judge them from their
specifications. I think if Dan's board hadn't been available I might have
gone this route. As far as the software goes, I haven't looked at it in a
while, but I have used it in the past and I wasn't all that impressed with
its ease of use, or the lack of it. I will say that their method of
programming new M functions by implementing a small scale macro language is
pretty nice. I think you can download the software manual from:

http://www.machinemaster.com/

This is the web address for a product based on the AHHA card and software
that also includes a small interface card that you can plug into the
backplane of the computer in a Bridgeport Boss 3-6 to retrofit it with PC
control. I used this a few years ago on a friend of mine's machine and it
worked well (he is still using it anyway!). That is where I got my exposure
to the AHHA software.

> So if I understand you correctly then EMC would output the Step/Dir on the

parallel port

> and the Ahha power system would recieve it and run the appropiate motors? I

suppose

> maybe a "special" cable might be necessary to get the signals on the

"appropiate" pins.

Yes, exactly.