Re: Breakout board or cards

Thanks for the detailed explanation, Bob.

Sounds like a really nice feature.

-Brady

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Campbell" <bob@c...>
wrote:

> Brady,
>
> MPG is just a name for a manual pulse generator. Actually it is a

Quadrature

> Encoder. Our breakout board has a connector that you can connect

to a

> Quadrature Encoder.
>
> In Mach2 there is a function for the MPG.
>
> What you would need to do is to put a Quadrature Encoder in a small

box with

> a cable connected to the encoder connector on the breakout board.
>
> Then when you need to lower the tip of the tool to the top of the

material

> you could take the MPG with the Quadrature Encoder to the mill or

router and

> cause it to lower the tool till it just touches the top of the

material.

> You can do the same thing with the keyboard, but having a small box

with the

> Quadrature Encoder would be a lot easier as you can take the

Quadrature

> Encoder to the tool.
>
> I hope that explains it. I will be creating a drawing and user

guide. We

> are also thinking about marketing a Quadrature Encoder in a box

with a

> cable.
>
> Thanks to Art for all the fine features in Mach2.
>
>
> Bob Campbell
> Bob@c...
> www.campbelldesigns.com
> Breakout board
> THC board sets
> CNC router plans
> Stepper Motors
> VisualMill Basic
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "braidmeister" <braidmeister@y...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 8:10 PM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Breakout board or cards
>
>
> >
> >
> > Hey Bob,
> > What does MPG stand for in reference to your board features?
> >
> > Also, how does the 'z-zero' function work? Ground?
> >
> > -Brady
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Campbell"

<bob@c...>

> > wrote:
> >> Terry,
> >>
> >> I did not give John a complete list. Here is what I told John.
> >>
> >> John.
> >>
> >> I have not done a detailed analysis of other boards.
> >>
> >> Our boards have integrated all the functions that we think are
> > needed to
> >> support Mach2.
> >>
> >> A couple of things to look for. Support for 3.3 volt mother

boards

> > and
> >> laptops. Our board supports 3.3 volts mother boards as we have
> > designed it
> >> with a buffer amplifier on the input.
> >>
> >> Support for Gecko drives. Our onboard 5 volt power supply powers
> > the Gecko
> >> optical isolators. We have also selected the proper chip to drive
> > the Gecko
> >> drives.
> >>
> >> We support the mach2 charge pump feature. In addition along with
> > the charge
> >> pump we may be the only one to have an anti chatter feature.

Other

> > boards
> >> will let the stepper motors chatter or move when Mach2 does not
> > have
> >> control.
> >>
> >> Support for solid-state relays and support for proximity sensors.
> >>
> >> We just added another chip to better support the MPG feature. We
> > will be
> >> coming out with a little box that will contain MPG feature so

that

> > you can
> >> take it to your mill and dial in the Z axis to set the tool at

the

> > top of
> >> the material.
> >>
> >> There are other features. I do need to make up a brochure with

all

> > the
> >> features and why they are there.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your interest in our breakout boards.
> >>
> >> Bob Campbell
> >> Bob@c...
> >> www.campbelldesigns.com
> >> Breakout board
> >> THC board sets
> >> CNC router plans
> >> Stepper Motors
> >> VisualMill Basic
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Blue" <jo001k1132@b...>
> >> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> >> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 6:55 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Breakout board or cards
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Hi Bob,
> >> >
> >> > Could you send me the same note?
> >> >
> >> > Regrds,
> >> >
> >> > Terry
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Scott,
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for your nice comments.
> >> >>
> >> >> The $170 was for both the breakout board and the relay board.
> >> >>
> >> >> I sent a long note to John listing some of our finer features.
> >> >>
> >> >> Bob Campbell
> >> >
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