Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Smart Motor

methadras wrote:

> hi guys,
>
> i'm a big fan of this group and look forward everyday to reading all
> the new posts to gleen as much info as i possibly can, so i can sound
> smart to my friends who come over and point at my gear and go, "hey,
> what's that...?" and then i say, "well, that's a blah blah blah" like
> the charlie brown teacher... hehehe...
>
> anyway, i've finally decided to delve into converting my knee mill to
> a CNC powerhouse... well, not so powerful... my idea is at least 3-
> axis (x, y, and knee or should it be on the spindle...?)... so what
> i've been doing is scouring the net and my motion control magazines
> for good ways to make this happen... well, lo and behold i ran across
> an old memory of the SMART MOTOR made by animatics
> (www.animatics.com)... i find their ad and hit their web site... i've
> called and left a message for a local rep to call me back... well, i
> think this would be a good and fairly decently cheap solution for me
> to convert to... i've a budget for my cnc conversion and its around
> $3k, but it looks like with these smart motors i can save half of
> that... the nema34 625 oz-in. servo motors i'm looking at are around
> $500 each, but they are totally integrated drivers, servo amps, dc
> power supply, I/O, etc. etc. and you can daisy chain or network the
> motors together...
>
> my only problem in finding out from the rep or you guys is, do i need
> a pc-based controller like a galil, delta-tau, etc. to send out the
> proper signals to each motor or do i use an msdos based program that
> turns my parallel port into a multi-axis controller...?

Well, what does their drive take for commands? +/- 10 V velocity,
or does it take digital commands like CAN bus?

Jon