RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Gecko connection to unipolar stepper??

Ha ha ha... Good chuckle. When 'common' is a noun it means one thing, when
used as an adjective it describes the noun. When it's used as an adjective
without the noun in electronics it means common ground. <WINK> <WINK>

John

> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Gecko connection to unipolar stepper??
>
>
> Ah.., How about common cathode, common anode, common collector,
> common 5V, common emitter, common clock, common mode, etc.
>
> No obfuscation, no lack of experience nor are the terms gecko
> products.
>
> Your'e displaying polaritycentric bias by discriminating against the
> electron attractive.:-)
>
> Mariss
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, John Dammeyer <johnd@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > COMMON only means 'shared' on GECKO products. Elsewhere in the
> electronics
> > world COMMON means ground or the common point between a split
> supply which
> > is still usually earth or ground. Call it LINKED if you will or
> SHARED or
> > SIGNAL_RETURN or SIGNAL_SUPPLY or SIGNAL_SHARED or SENSOR_RETURN or
> > SENSOR_DRIVE.
> >
> > Yes, I'm sure it's possible to find designers out there that will
> call it
> > something different from lack of experience or to obfuscate their
> designs
> > but IMHO it was a mistake to call it COMMON.
> >
> > Alas, that's the way it is now once a product has been out for a
> while.
> > Pretty difficult to change to something else but it doesn't make it
> right.
> >
> > John Dammeyer
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> > > [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mariss
> Freimanis
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:15 AM
> > > To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Gecko connection to unipolar
> stepper??
> > >
> > >
> > > COMMON means "shared". What would you call it on a G210/G212
> where
> > > COMMON can be jumper-configured as either +5V or GND?
> > >
> > > Mariss
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "ballendo" <ballendo@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Mariss,
> > > >
> > > > I have ultimate respect for you as a product designer, but...
> > > >
> > > > Calling that term 10 "common" was/is a mistake?<G>
> > > >
> > > > Sure, I understand what you were thinking at the time--you've
> > > posted
> > > > before the rationale--but it sure seems to confuse a whole
> bunch of
> > > > folks that visit these forums...
> > > >
> > > > Ballendo
> > > >
> > > > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Mariss Freimanis"
> > > > <mariss92705@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > So far so good; that is correct. Make sure the two unused
> wires
> > > > are
> > > > > insulated and not touching each other or anything else. Use a
> 33K
> > > > > current set resistor, connect 5VDC from your PC to COMMON
> (term
> > > > 10),
> > > > > STEP and DIRECTION and you're good to go.
> > > > >
> > > > > Mariss
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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