Hi! Mike, Please send me some details on the Leadshine. My intention was to get going a solid component set without much hassle.Later work on cutting cost by working on less expensive items Like you suggest. Please do share some details. It does not hurt to take a look at it. I suppose Getting LinuxCNC side working should not be a problem for me Ilike to keep it Open Source Controller as these days people talk about even promoting OpenSource CHIPs( https://slashdot.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aab6529d3675bd877963a652d&id=5148ab7ab9&e=b75feedc7f ). I like it I am a fan of power to people!!!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. regards, ajith ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ajith Boralugoda President CNC Lanka (PVT) Ltd 143/1 Meemanagoda Road Kalalgoda Pannipitiya Sri Lanka Tel/Fax : 0094112762624,009411493770 Hotline : 0094755002390 e-mail : a...@cnclanka.com www.cnclanka.com CINCINNATI-SRILANKA (www.cincinnati-srilanka.com) Sole Agents for: MultiCam CNC Solutions from US ( www.multicam.com) AlphaCam (www.alphacam.com) and ArtCam (www.delcam.com) from UK. On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 7:36 AM, Mike O'Connor <m...@oeg.com.au> wrote: > On 10/01/2018 10:01 AM, Sebastien BLANCHET wrote: > > Hi Ajith, > > > > Kollmorgen and Beckhoff are both very reliable suppliers, but Beckhoff > > I/O ELxxx may be preferable because they are currently supported by > > LinuxCNC http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EtherCatDriver > > > > (I do not know LinuxCNC, it is just an information I have found on > > their wiki) > > > > Additionally, Beckhoff have exclusive innovating products what may > > interest you when moving from the pilot to the massive production > > https://beckhoff.com/english.asp?ethercat/ejxxxx.htm > > > > If your local Beckhoff contact is not seasoned yet, you may try to > > contact directly the Beckhoff headquarters in Germany and use the > > local guy only for the purchasing process. > > > > Note: always reply to the etherlab-user mailing list, so that the > > mails are archived and may help other people. > > > > best regards, > > Hi Ajith > > LinuxCNC support of Ethercat does require programming but once done is a > very good option. Beckhoff gear is amazing (but pricey) > > Leadshine is now selling a Ethercat Stepper driver which have 5 inputs > and 2 output and will drive a max of 7 amps, this is a really good > option for a CNC router and the price will be much better than > Kollmorgen or Beckhoff. > > This might mean you do not even need a extra IO. > > Beckhoff do a Stepper driver module which is also an option. > > > Cheers > > Mike > >
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