Re: emc help

Hello,
Thanks for the reply ,but I have looked at your system already and
It would cost almost as much as a STG board.
I dont see any advantages,especially since you would need an
additional card cage vs a STG would be a card in the pc.
Regards
-- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:

>
>
> Greg wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >I am interested in finding out if there are any boards besides

servo

> >to go that are supported by emc.
> >
> >
> Yes. I have two systems, one for analog servo drives, and one for
> step/direction
> drivers. (I am also working on a PWM servo controller, to be used

with

> servo
> amps that take PWM drive inputs.)
>
> The servo interface is an industrial-grade design where you can mix

and

> match
> various components as needed. There is a 4-axis encoder counter, a

4-axis

> +/- 10 V DAC, and a digital I/O board. There is a motherboard that

takes up

> to 8 of these boards. See http://jelinux.pico-systems.com/PPMC.html
> for more info on this product. It connects to the parallel port,

and would

> normally be mounted outside the computer.
>
> The Universal Stepper Controller is a hobby-grade design where

everything is

> on one board, using the most affordable components I could find.

It has

> 4 step pulse generators that can output up to 300,000 steps/second

on each

> axis simultaneously. It can provide either step/direction or full-

step

> phase
> waveforms. There are 4 position counters that can either read

actual

> position
> from encoders, or count the step pulses as they go out. There are

also 16

> opto-isolated digital inputs, including an emergency-stop

controller. There

> are positions for 8 solid state relays to be mounted directly on

the board.

> This unit also connects to the parallel port. Both of these

products have

> provisions for using spare axis outputs to control spindle speed.

The USC

> page is http://jelinux.pico-systems.com/univstep.html
>
> Both these pages have links to the Pico Systems price list.
>
> The current EMC BDI should contain all the drivers for both of them.
>
> Thanks for your interest.
>
> Jon Elson