Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread John Kasunich
Kirk Wallace wrote: > I think Tormach has a fairly compelling argument for steppers here: > > http://www.tormach.com/document_library/TD30204_DesignAnalysis.pdf > > Starts on page seven, though I think the whole document is worth while. Second that - I read the whole thing a few weeks ago. I

Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 17:37 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If you really want to use steppers and scales together, thats fine. It > > can be fun to explore new territory. EMC is the most flexible system > > out there, and probably the only one that would let you experiment with > > such a co

[Emc-users] EMC history

2008-02-13 Thread paul_c
On Wednesday 13 February 2008 15:40, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > >I'm starting to suspect that EMC is a project that started out, not to > > emulate the commercial equivalents, but built bit by bit to do various > > things on the cheap, I'm starting to suspect that EMC is not a realtime > > machi

[Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread davenull
> If you really want to use steppers and scales together, thats fine. It > can be fun to explore new territory. EMC is the most flexible system > out there, and probably the only one that would let you experiment with > such a configuration. But you said you want to make parts, not > experiment

[Emc-users] realistic expectations?

2008-02-13 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi all, While this list is essentially a list for EMC controller discussion an occasional passing word on precision and accuracy might be appropriate. Definitions: accuracy : the ability to hit the blueprint values precision: your repeatability You can adjust your code to hit the spec dead

Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread John Kasunich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 12 Feb 2008 at 18:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> EMC can do PID just fine. It's steppers that can't. Steppers lose >> torque as the speed increases. There is no way around this, it's just >> the physics of the motor. > > > Did someone rewrite the spec for

Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread ben lipkowitz
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Dave Engvall wrote: EMC can do PID just fine. It's steppers that can't. Steppers lose torque as the speed increases. There is no way around this, it's just the physics of the motor. >> PID loop will attempt to correct for a lagging motor by requesting

Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, Sorry for this in advance. I couldn't resist. Stephan Wille Padnos: you are too kind Steve Thornton: I rest my case thanks Stuart - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Mi

Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread Dave Engvall
On Feb 13, 2008, at 7:40 AM, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On 12 Feb 2008 at 18:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> wrote: >> >> >>> EMC can do PID just fine. It's steppers that can't. Steppers lose >>> torque as the speed increases. There is no way around this, it's >>>

Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On 12 Feb 2008 at 18:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>EMC can do PID just fine. It's steppers that can't. Steppers lose >>torque as the speed increases. There is no way around this, it's just >>the physics of the motor. >> >> > >Did someone rewrite the spec

Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread Kenneth Lerman
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:41 AM Subject: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics > On 12 Feb 2008 at 18:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> EMC can do PID just fine. It's stepper

Re: [Emc-users] Request for Fonts

2008-02-13 Thread jcombs
Alex, Thanks for the wiki help. Here is a link to the CXF format stuff. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/uploads/CXF%20Format.jpg Jim Combs - Lexington, Ky - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Micro

Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread Andre' Blanchard
At 08:30 AM 2/13/2008, you wrote: >Am 13.02.2008 um 11:41 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > On 12 Feb 2008 at 18:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > >> EMC can do PID just fine. It's steppers that can't. Steppers lose > >> torque as the speed increases. There is no way around this, it's > >>

Re: [Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread Hansjakob Rusterholz
Am 13.02.2008 um 11:41 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On 12 Feb 2008 at 18:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> EMC can do PID just fine. It's steppers that can't. Steppers lose >> torque as the speed increases. There is no way around this, it's >> just >> the physics of the motor. > > > Did

[Emc-users] UK suppliers of stepper motors and drive electronics

2008-02-13 Thread davenull
On 12 Feb 2008 at 18:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > EMC can do PID just fine. It's steppers that can't. Steppers lose > torque as the speed increases. There is no way around this, it's just > the physics of the motor. Did someone rewrite the spec for PID? used to be a way of correcting a