Re: Programming question

William Scalione wrote:

> I have a 3 axis stepper controller from eggert electronics and I am

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> If I need to move X axis 10000 steps and Y axis 7256 steps I get
> 7256/10000 = .7256
> or Y axis needs to move .7256 times the speed of the X axis, but that
> number can't be sent to the controller so I will have a rounding error
> on all moves that don't come out even. One axis will finish before the
> other axis.
>
> Any suggestions (besides throw the controller in the trash)

Sorry, but integer stuff just doesn't work for multi-axis coordinated
motion.

> I can always use it as a drill controller since any moves on the X and Y
> axis will be with the tool up and it will not matter if the axis' do not
> arrive at the same time.

Yup, that is about all you can get this indexer to do. It is NOT a
CNC controller.

Jon