On Wednesday 15 February 2017 15:12:17 Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > On Wed, 2017-02-15 at 14:32 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 15 February 2017 14:13:17 Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > On Wed, 2017-02-15 at 12:45 -0600, dragon wrote: > > > > The 20ma control circuit on the VFD is an analog control, where > > > > as the parallel port pin is a digital (on/off) signal. You will > > > > need some sort of hardware interface between the two to do a > > > > digital to analog conversion. > > > > > > is there a list of supported hardware, that I could buy on ebay ? > > > I was looking at > > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxCNC_Supported_Hardwa > > >re > > > > > > I have already 3 stepper drivers mounted in a metal box with their > > > power supply, I would need only a small interface for the spindle. > > > > Using software stepping? I'd still use a pwmgen module in the > > computer to drive the vfd, but I'd put a SpinX1, from Mesa between > > them, for the noise isolation (vfd's are noisy electrically), and > > the control is quite linear. I would put the pwmgen in the PDMgen > > mode, see the man page as that removes the need to dither the pulse > > width because each step is fixed, the dither keeps it at the > > requested speed. But with PDM, you don't need the dither. With SW > > pwmgens, I'd choose a refresh rate below the servothread by about > > half, the vfd shouldn't mind. > > I have checked out the mesa store, it is a problem for me that they do > not have paypal transactions among their choices for payment, I do not > own a credit card > > is there another way to purchase say a spinx1 or equivalent board ? > There are actually 2 web stores, one by Peter C. Wallace, out on the left coast, and Big John Thortons's site in southern Missouri. I am pretty sure either would take a check or money order. Big John ships the same day if he has it, 3 days to West Virginia is the worst he's done to me. I would imagine your money order would not be much slower. Another day perhaps.
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