Re: Tech-80

Bertho Boman wrote:

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> I have a Tech-80 5650 4-axis DSP motion controller board from a previous project.
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> Does anyone have any info or suggestions on available software > to drive it for CNC applications.

Interesting you ask, I've been looking at higher end commercial motion
control cards and wondering if they can be made to work with EMC. In
particular, I know where there is a Delta Tau 4 axis card for sale
locally. I looked at the manual, and this card will directly accept
G-code commands, and it can drive a mix of servo and stepper motors,
configurable via software instead of plugging in chips like PMD.
My suspicion is that in the case of the Delta Tau card, what I really
need is a software front end that duplicates a machine panel and simply
dribbles the G-code file into the card while reading position from the
encoders.

Is EMC configurable for such high level motion control cards?


Jon