Re: Parallel Interface-Breakout Selection

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "efoda5446" <efoda5446@y...>
wrote:

> hi there,
>
> i'm new to the board and am building my first cnc. it's a taig mill
> with 214 oz steppers and pac sci 6410 drives. i'm looking for a

good

> parallel controller and would appreciate your opinions. these are

the

> ones i have found so far: the axxus, the pmdx, and the
> campbelldesigns one.
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/axxus/db1v20.htm
> http://www.pmdx.com/PMDX-120/index.html
> http://www.campbelldesigns.com/breakout_board_plus.htm
>
> which is the better board? also, is 4 axis' the limit per lpt,(i

may

> add a 5th in the future)? any help would really help.
>
> thanks
> mc

These are the top of the line boards with extra bells and whistles.

If you are using Gecko's you don't need optos on you step and dir
lines.

Some peole use a db25 connector from radio shack and then solder the
wires in, but that is really low tech.

I built a couple breakout boards, some with LED's, some with relays,
and I keep putting them into a closed box and never see them.

Bottom line is that most any will work just fine. Check the options
and see if you need the options or if they are somehting you will
never use.

Dave