I received a Pluto today and started playing with it. Thanks to some help from the IRC (Thank you Skunkworks) I got the driver to load using LPT1 (378). Although, it loads without the apparent fix (epp_wide=0) now too. The driver and EMC loads with my PCI parport card, but it it doesn't respond to AXIS commands, so there is more to troubleshoot.
I set up the Pluto to drive my Pico PWM amp without feedback, and it seems to work fine but the large inductors got smelly, Do Not Touch, hot. I suspect the Pluto PWM frequency (19.5kHz ?) might be the problem but I don't see any way to change it. Briefly looking at the Altera datasheet it looks like the output pins are good for 25mA? I'd appreciate any comments on using Pluto's with PCI cards and how to keep the Pico amp inductors cool(er). Links to information on working machines and configurations would be nice too. Thanks. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
