Hi Jon: Thanks for the input. I guess I had two things that I wondered about when I was considering this. What, if anything special, am I getting in the "big name industrial drive" from Parker that I can't get from a lower priced Gecko or Leadshine? And is "it" worth the money. And second, are there any performance issues in mixing drive components, say Parker and Gecko?
On 2/8/2015 12:25 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/08/2015 10:40 AM, Dean Posekany wrote: >> Here's my question for the worldly experience of the group. I'm retired >> and this is a serious hobby machine and I don't have a great deal of >> money that I can throw that this. So when the inevitable failure of the >> next stepper driver occurs, what would you do? Repair the OEM750 >> (~$280)? Or would you look at replacing the Parker hardware with >> something else like Gecko or maybe go the Mesa route? I've really been >> pleased with the stepper performance I get from the Parkers and the >> software stepper generation that Linuxcnc gives me is more than fast >> enough for the work I do. The repair is expensive and the drives were >> released in 1997. So they're 18 years old. I just don't have enough real >> world experience with this stuff to feel like I can make a good decision. >> >> > Well, A Gecko 203 is less than HALF the price of your Parker > REPAIR, and meets the > 7.5 A 75 V spec, too. Seems like a no brainer to me! I > used the Gecko 201 in > some old projects, and they were VERY good. The reason I do > not make stepper > drives is because the Gecko is so good, I'd never come > close. It should be very > easy to drop in Geckos as the Parker drives fail, or just > swap them all at once. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
