Re: Tech-80

Jon Anderson wrote:

> From: Jon Anderson <janders@...>
>
> Bertho Boman wrote:
> >
> > I have a Tech-80 5650 4-axis DSP motion controller board from a previous project.
> >
> > 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?

EMC used to use the Delta-Tau, but switched due to cost. I suspect the
modules to use it are still there, but may or may not be fully up to date with
all the other changes.

Jon