Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Stepper Motor Power supply.

At 16:11 02/06/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>In a message dated 6/2/2003 8:07:06 AM Central Standard Time,
>RPetersen14@... writes:
>
> > I am a little confused, you are saying the power
> > supply is a switcher? This power supply is surplus
> > stuff and fairly cheap.
>
>Ron:
>
>Someone ELSE "in here" who IS using a switching-regulator supply with
>steppers says it's OK, so I guess ALL that I have read about the
>interference between
>the "chopping" and the stepping of both the supply and driver are due to many
>folk all having bad luck at once. I guess I really SHOULD admit that I
>agree, one should never offer opinion about "electronic stuff" he has not
>personally tried for many, many years on his OWN bench... Sorry. Hope
>you have a
>fine time with it!
>
>Jan Rowland, old Troll

Speaking as one who uses switchers to drive steppers via chopper drives, it
can indeed work just fine.


Regards,
Tony