On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 17:53 -0500, Jack Coats wrote: > I was cruising CNCZone and saw a thread on SuperPID ( see superpid.com ). > It is a speed controller to control router speeds that is new on the > market and can be manually controlled > or electronically controlled. They seem to support MACH3, but not > apparently EMC2 (or at least not > documented well). > > Does anyone here know about it? Any suggestions? Or options (other > products)? > > Just curious... Jack
After a _very_ brief look at the website, it looks like an SCR speed controller with a micro-controller built on to the board. I tend to think EMC2's HAL PID and PWM connected to a KBIC style speed controller (universal motor speed driver http://www.kbelectronics.com/manuals/kbic_manual.pdf http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/kbic/ ) would do the same thing, plus integrate better with HAL, have more configuration options, be open source, etcetera. If the firmware where open it might be interesting to play with other options for a non-EMC2 smart SCR driver application. Maybe add a keyboard and have a stand alone smart universal motor controller? -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
