Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Another BDI question

Alan Marconett KM6VV wrote:

> Elliot,
>
> I've heard that EMC won't drive the 4-phase stepper drivers, but it's a
> simple circuit to go from step/dir to 4-phase. Mike G. brought Jon
> Elson's 4-phase circuit to my attention:
>
> http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jmelson/stepdir.html
>
> Best of both worlds! I'm also anxious to get a 400 Mhz AMD machine
> together, and try out BDI. Hopefully the CD's will hit the west coast
> soon!

EMC does have an option for this. It should even be in the BDI CD.
I forget the exact keyword, but there is a value that will make it make
Bridgeport BOSS-type phase signals. I don't think it handles the
reduced power mode, though. That can still be handled by very simple
external circuits.

Jon