Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Gecko 210s l- limited rapids

Keith Clark wrote:

>Jon, Thanks! Unfortunately the stepper motion control board went
>out and I am having to wait for a repair. I am excited to adjust the
>pot and see if I can maximize the speed. I don't think removing the
>multiplier will help since I had the same trouble before installing
>it and after installation doubled the speed. Perhaps when I get the
>slow speed adjustment finished I can go back to 2000 steps per rev?
>Would there be an advantage to having the microstep function given
>that I don't need better than .001 inch resolution?
>
>

Well, you still are doing microsteps, even with the multiplier set for x10.
(When the multiplier is set to x10, then it makes the Gecko 210 APPEAR to
be a standard full step driver, but it is STILL microstepping. What happens
is the step multiplier turns each step pulse into 10 step pulses for the
bottom board, which is a Gecko 201 microstepping board.)

So, you still get the smoothness of microstepping, but at a lower step rate
from the controller. The only advantage to setting the multiplier board to
x1 would probably be in very slow moves, where the step multiplier would
cause the motors to move in bursts of 10 microsteps for each step pulse
send from the controller.

You can try it both ways and see if you can detect the difference.

Jon