Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] a stepper motor to run auto pilot

Bill,

I looked at the site you mentioned, but I don't see any mention of any
sort of physical electronic output capabilities from the program beyond
the screen display. Looks to me like it shows you something on the
screen but you are responsible for turning the rudder yourself.

The program would have to produce some sort of electronic control output
-- step and direction pulses, or more likely, RS-232 command strings,
that you would have to intercept with a little dedicated microcomputer
to produce step and direction pulses for your rudder stepper. I don't
see any capabilities like that mentioned.

Sorry,

Dave

jumpnkd wrote:

> Any one know hot to tie a stepper circuit in to a nav program for a
> auto pilot on a boat?
> using this nav program on a laptop:http://www.tiki-navigator.com/
> I have played with steppers on a CNC machine i made and this group was
> big help then, so i thought I would ask again for help.
> Bill White