Good wiring practices - was MaxNC modifications
Posted by
James Eckman
on 1999-06-16 07:14:09 UTC
> Jon Anderson wrote:Use shielded cable, use a heavy gauge, keep the wires routed away from
> Wow! this really DOES sound like a software problem. I really don't
> believe this is the motor losing steps due to drag, electrical noise, etc.
> It may be due to some characteristic of the control software, under just
> the right sequence of G-code comands, produces step pulses too fast
> for the motor to follow. But, that bit about fixing the axis offsets blind,
> and being dead on after repeating the sequence 50 times, is just to
> consistant to be anything other than software (one way or another).
>
> Jon (increasingly happier that I went with servos)
noise sources, all that stuff you learned in shop or school. I think the
ARRL manuals still have good sections one how to wire for high current,
high frequency stuff. Dig up an old copy if the new one doesn't.
Jim