Re: BP Retrofit - Major Fork In The Road?

Thanks CS, I had originally loked at John's board and using EMC.
John seems like a great guy to work with but working with EMC (even
with BDI) did not appear to be very user friendly. Has that
changed? The Aerotech board I have puts out analog outputs, it's
the interface software that is the issue. It seems like all the
reasonably cost software is based on step/dir. That's why I was
considering using one of them, for the good user interface, and the
Rutex boards to be able to run a brushless servo system.
Mark

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "C.S. Mo" <cs@v...> wrote:
> Why not use Jon Elson's board to provide analog voltage output?
Then you
> could use EMC...
>
> --C.S.
>
> >Another potential route is to use something like the Rutex boards
> >which take a step/dir signal and convert it into an analog
voltage
> >output which I could send to my drives. I'm not sure whether I
> >would send my encoder feedback to the Rutex or the Aerotech
drives
> >and wonder if overall the accuracy of the system would be
compromised
> >by this setup. The good news is I would be able to use the more
user
> >friendly software for the interface.