Re: emc help2

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" <gkretro@e...> wrote:

> Is there any boards supported by emc (not including stg
> and pico systems)?
> Or how about some drivers for galil board?

You don't say what you are trying to control. Analog servos?
Set/Dir servos (Gecko 3x0 drives)? Steppers?

If you need step/dir signals, EMC can send them out the parallel
port, or you can use the Pico USC.

If you need analog servo, then right now STG or Pico's PPMC are
the only choices I'm aware of. It is a simple fact of life
that analog servo is not cheap.

There is another board being developed to do analog servo with
emc, I have no idea what the price will be. See:
http://www.vitalsystem.com/motion/

Finally, EMC is an open source system. That means if you want
a driver for something else (Galil for instance), you can write
it yourself. (If you have the tech info for the board, and the
neccessary programming skills.) We are working on a major
re-structuring of the hardware interface that should make
writing drivers much easier.

John Kasunich