Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] The best stepper driver??? was Re: Stepper questions

ballendo wrote:

>
>Gecko's are clearly the best, and their price refects that. They are
>also overkill for MANY projects.
>I use them and appreciate their performance and features where the
>added price--and in my case the larger difficulty to wire up--since
>my GeoM drives are plug-n-play.
>
>

Their price? They are probably the best value drive out there! You
know we cant even buy a chinese microstepping drive for that little here
in the UK. Gecko G201 = $114 = 67UKP, best value chinese drive (pretty
good) 82.50UKP = $140, OK this chinese drive has a larger range of
microsteps (but we always only use 10) has short cicuit protection,
although if it's like the parker drives I've used in the past that is
only on power up.

These Chinese drives do seem to be noisier maybe lower switching
frequency. It's also unlikely we will be able to buy them from the
current supplier after July 1st. Mariss on the other hand is addressing
"The issue"

Personally I think Mariss has priced his drives just right, anyone
whining about it maybe ought to take up crosstitch. Cos they'll only be
whining later about the inferior drives they bought. I wont penny
pinch on drives.

Out of all the drives Ive tried I still think I prefer the Parker
OEM-650's but I cant get them anymore.

I only bought chinese drives recently because I needed them quickly, and
it was interesting to try them.

Wayne...

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