RE: Low cost Servo Controller

> If you want to use stepper motors, then use software that is
> designed for that purpose. But, if you want to
> use servo motors with position feedback, why not use software
> that is designed from the ground up to do that?
> The advantages are that resolution of the encoder and achievable
> velocities are pretty much whatever the machine
> can deliver, or that the task requires. Most stepper software
> will get seriously sick if the step resolution were
> equal to .00005", and you wanted to move up to 120 IPM (or 2
> IPS). This requires the CPU to output 40,000
> step pulses per second, and most programs that control the
> steppers entirely in software just won't go that
> fast. With servos, it is no problem at all.