Re: +5V geckodrive 201

Hi Bob,

Had a look at the pdf page for the board. Hope you can answer a few
question about the breakout-board.

1. It appears that the screw terminals are hard-wired (permanently
soldered/connected via traces) to the ribbon cable connector? Since
it is configured for CNCPro, would this mean that one would have to
desolder-resolder the connections? I thought breakout boards are for
flexibility? Sorry if my reading of the page is wrong.

2. Why 12V for the relay? Why not 5V? And why does it have to be
reconverted back to 5V to feed back to the PC? What anyway need to be
feed back to the PC?

3. The board is specially configured for the Gecko. Would it be
suitable for other drivers? Would it be suitable for the Camtronics
board, for example, or those been sold by Tim? I understand from past
posts that the requirements for the pulses are different for
unipolar, bipolar chopper and for micro-stepping drives?

Sorry for asking so many questions.

Andrew

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Bob Campbell" <bob@c...> wrote:
> John,
>
> I sell them. Look at my web page www.campbelldesigns.com . I have a
PDF that
> you can download which describes the break-out board.
>
> Bob Campbell
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cncnovice [mailto:crcitser@g...]
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 1:23 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: +5V geckodrive 201
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Bob Campbell" <bob@c...> wrote:
> > The break-out board that I use has a built in 5 volt supply.
>
>
> I need a break-out board to use with Geckos. Where did you get
yours?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> John Champlain