Re: CPNC

> Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 06:57:59 -0400
> From: John Guenther <jguenther@...>
>Subject: A box for CPNC

>Ron,

>Take a look at http://www.simplestep.com/ for the intelligent driver boards
>they offer. These look like they might be what you are looking for and
>could be an alternative to FlashCut if they don't want to play in the CPNC
>arena.......

thanks for the note, I pulled the docs on Friday and read them over. It
does indeed sound like a fine way to run steppers under windows. I think
I may order one and try to modify my current VB program to drive them.

The only tricky part is getting the timeing right to cause the motors to
do a ramp move. The SSXYZ board does say it uses a common clock so all
motors will keep together within a few microseconds, but it looks like
you hve to calculate the time for each axis first. Ive sent a message to
them for clarificaiton.

A 2 amp board for 3 axis is about $350. This beats FlashCut by a good
deal. And thy have a big 6.5 amp board for aout $400. Looks like some
good stuff.

ron