Re: What does everybody use...

Don Hughes wrote:

> From: Don Hughes <pencad@...>
>
> Thanks Bruce, muchly appreciated. Everyone's response has shown that I
> do have a good grasp now on the CAD/CAM software and the machines
> themselves, but where I now have to do some problem solving is from the
> LPT port to the machine. It is very evident that I have still some
> 'foggy' ground to cross in this area.
>
> It appears that the hardware from the PC to the servos/steppers is going
> to be my hardship and this is the area that I will obviously be trying
> to solve with all our members' help.

Well, it isn't from the parallel port, but if you want to use servo motors,
I made my own PWM servo amps. I set up a group project, and had
a bunch of boards made. Nobody seems to have completed theirs yet
(except me, of course) but I still have some boards left. I'm using the
servo-to-go board, but apparently EMC now supports another lower
cost board.

Jon