On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 18:22 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: ... snip > Kirk, > > It might be good to add a "closed loop" column. That probably used to > be implicit in the "stepper vs. servo" column, but it isn't any more > because of step-to-servo drives like the Geckos.
It's not my table, so I was thinking that I should stay within the structure of the current table, but I can bring it up with Jerry. > Also, if you could add > web support/wiki to the support column, that would be good. Just changed it on my proposed table. Better? > There's a > typo in the max steps/sec column - the 300 should be 300k (and I think > you can get to 12 MHz with the Mesa cards, but don't quote me on that). Opps. Yes, 300k was intended. > I wonder if re-wording that column would make sense anyway. The 20k > number is for just about anything you could run Linux on - a P2-233 > could probably do that. Most modern systems (less than 3-5 years old) > should be able to get to 30 KHz with 2.1.7, or 60 KHz with double-freq > in 2.2. Changed to: "Dependant on signal generator hardware; ~20 to 35k/s w/parport, ~300k+ typical hardware, and higher" Also changed: "Both simultaneously, closed loop optional for steppers" "Rigid tapping and multi-axis threading with proper hardware" > It's hard to represent everything in 1 square inch in an HTML table ;) My thinking was that the information could be better, hopefully good enough, but never perfect. ... snip ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
