Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] USB of Jon Elson

Understood.
Bur should I in this case count pulses to know when to stop?
Alex

Jon Elson wrote:

>alex wrote:
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>>Can I just devide required distance of travel by the resolution, get
>>number of steps, and send them to execute?
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>No. You could do this with nothing but a PC.
>The USC has a rate generator. You tell it the SPEED to move
>at, and it outputs pulses at that rate, until you change the rate setting.
>It also counts the pulses it has sent, keeping track of position. The
>complication is you need a CPU to ramp the rate up at the beginning of the
>move, and back down at the end.
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