what will a black box do?
Posted by
Elliot Burke
on 2002-03-23 11:06:04 UTC
An open question to developers of the black box pulser:
How smart should a black box be?
Will it take g-code from the computer and make pulses, or is its
functionality lower level?
My concern is that a box will be made that works with a three axis mill, but
won't support more axes.
Will the black box know how to send pulses to a hexapod?
How about a robot arm with shoulders/elbows/wrists?
I was just at a big trade show (Optical Fiber Conference) and everyone had
some sort of three or more axis CNC device, from pick and place machines,
glue dispensers, fiber positioners. Some of these things had precision to
10's of nm (a few microinches).
There were piezoelectrics,linear motors, stepper motors and servos, arranged
as gantries, hexapods, and a few other hard to describe layouts. None of
these machines made chips.
It would be very nice not to exclude any particular geometry of machine.
Perhaps a program that describes the geometry of the machine could be
downloaded into the black box?
My apologies, that was more than one question.
Elliot
How smart should a black box be?
Will it take g-code from the computer and make pulses, or is its
functionality lower level?
My concern is that a box will be made that works with a three axis mill, but
won't support more axes.
Will the black box know how to send pulses to a hexapod?
How about a robot arm with shoulders/elbows/wrists?
I was just at a big trade show (Optical Fiber Conference) and everyone had
some sort of three or more axis CNC device, from pick and place machines,
glue dispensers, fiber positioners. Some of these things had precision to
10's of nm (a few microinches).
There were piezoelectrics,linear motors, stepper motors and servos, arranged
as gantries, hexapods, and a few other hard to describe layouts. None of
these machines made chips.
It would be very nice not to exclude any particular geometry of machine.
Perhaps a program that describes the geometry of the machine could be
downloaded into the black box?
My apologies, that was more than one question.
Elliot