Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Setup for stepping on revolution counter

Nigel Bailey wrote:

>At risk of going OT with this thread, but...
>
>Nothing wrong with atmel at all (I use them all the time for stepper
>control) but you can't program them quite so directly in basic, there may be
>a compiler available, but I don't think there is a freeware one (I'll have a
>search), and you need a programmer too, whereas the programmer for the stamp
>is just a couple of wires off the parallel port.
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Same with the Atmel. It can be programmed either through a serial port
(requires some extra parts, ie. crystal, RS-232 driver/receiver) or
from a PC parallel port, with not much other than 5 V power.

Jon