Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] single axis control

john another linux cnc user!!!!!! I thought I was floating in this ocean
all by myself !!! :)

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:06 AM, John Murphy <john@...> wrote:

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> EMC will do this easily - I'd connect the stepper driver to a parallel port
> and be done.
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> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:45 AM, scyvt <scy@...> wrote:
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> > Hello group
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> > I have 2 applications for single axis stepper control: one moving a
> > cut-off stop, and the other moving a table holding a part being drilled,
> > both in pre-determined increments, and with the need to store programs
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> > numerous parts. Although either Mach or EMC could do this, it seems like
> > cutting butter with a chainsaw. However, there doesn't seem to be much in
> > the way of single axis controllers on the market, and I don't have the
> > knowledge to brew up one with a microcontroller. Perhaps this could be an
> > application for a PLC, but there seems to be a learning curve to program
> > one (not G-code). Any suggestions?
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> > TIA
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> > Steve
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jeremy youngs


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