Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: parallel port finally obsolete?

On 2/22/2012 4:51 PM, scyvt wrote:

> Thanks everybody who replied to my original question.
>
> However I'm not sure that a central point of my query was noticed: I
> asked about USB-to-motor (stepper) driver hardware, not USB-to-BOB.
> (Ethernet would be OK too). So Smooth Stepper, for example, would not
> meet that requirement. I think Flashcut has one, but I believe it is
> dedicated to their whole system. Kflop might do that, but it doesn't
> seem suitable for beginners. Geckodrive attempted something
> incorporating this function and much more, but abandoned the project.
>
> Steve

Did you see the comments about the reprap stuff? It uses an Arduino Mega
and has on board stepper drivers. The drivers they use are 2A per phase
bipolar, but you could substitute any step and direction drives.

The bad news is Mach3 won't drive it. The good news is free software does.

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