Ok, I over-reacted..
The parallel port has always been designed to sink, not source. So while I
can get 5V from the USB port or the CNC machine, I can't get 15mA from the
port is it's not there. If you're making a machine, having 5V on hand is no
more difficult than your stepper supply voltage.
Bu
On Wednesday 30 September 2015 22:58:56 Gregg Eshelman wrote:
> On 9/30/2015 8:55 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > It looks like a fairly decent card, if only it didn't have the DB-25
> > male input that makes you buy a $25 cable from the Mach people.
> > Male to female cables seem to be scarce in the
On Wednesday 30 September 2015 12:47:41 Peter Rosenblom wrote:
> Hi Gene,
>
> I got a link with the purchace of a bob just like that:
> http://www.icstation.com/ebay/IC/All%20data%20modules/1849.zip (I
> havent gotten viruses, but click at your owm risk)
Didn't seem to be any worse than other M$
On 9/30/2015 8:55 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> It looks like a fairly decent card, if only it didn't have the DB-25 male
> input that makes you buy a $25 cable from the Mach people. Male to
> female cables seem to be scarce in these here parts.
>
> Hence the order for a pair of F-F gender changers a
On 9/30/2015 11:15 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
> Worst part of the deal was we were under contract for 48
> days, and when they backed out the height of the home buying season
> was over. I'm moving to Grayling MI.
That hurts just thinking about that!That's really bad.
I know where Grayling is.
Because there is no 5V on the parallel port?
Using a common 0V allows the Gecko to connect directly to the LPT port,
something that is simply not possible with the Chinese drives or others that
use 5V common.
Or I didn't understand your question...
" I got a G203V in the post today, and am conf
On 09/30/2015 10:55 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
>
> And does anyone know why Gecko has shied away from 3ph drives? It seems a
> step away from 2 phases ;-)
>
>
Yes, Mariss mentioned this years ago. In a simple drive
with minimal configuration setup, the only reasonable way to
go is a six step dri
Hi Gene,
I got a link with the purchace of a bob just like that:
http://www.icstation.com/ebay/IC/All%20data%20modules/1849.zip (I havent
gotten viruses, but click at your owm risk)
A simple schemiatic of the board breakouts in a pdf and some shady mach3
stuff. Hope it helps.
/Peter
2015-09-30
I got a G203V in the post today, and am confused.
Why on earth do Gecko drives use a common ground on the inputs, especially
if they're targetting the parallel port market?
Even the ching drive referred to in this discussion has it the right way, a
common Vcc.
And does anyone know why Gecko has s
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
>
>
>> Hey, did I see that you are no longer a Washingtonian? Does that mean
>> that you now live in the land of the left hand (MI) ? ;-)
>> My daughter lives in Chevy Chase and I continually hear about the cost
>> of this and that. For her
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
>>
>> Most of the horror stories were related to the TB6560 series of the
>> Chinese boards. The TB6660 boards were better. They did have some
>> small issues, which I don't remember, but were a lot less finicky to
>> the turn on and turn off
On 9/30/2015 10:54 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
> On 09/29/2015 09:47 PM, Dave Cole wrote:
>> If it makes you feel better Walmart is using their website to sell other
>> peoples products now.
> OK, so that is just like Amazon, then. That is better!
>
> Jon
>
Yes. Still I find it really strange that Walma
On 09/29/2015 09:47 PM, Dave Cole wrote:
>>
> If it makes you feel better Walmart is using their website to sell other
> peoples products now.
OK, so that is just like Amazon, then. That is better!
Jon
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On 9/30/2015 5:54 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Dave Cole wrote:
>> I purchased some very cheap stepper drives based on the TB6660 Toshiba
>> chip a little while ago for a very much "budget driven" controller build
>> using LinuxCNC for a Sherline Mill and Lathe.
>>
>> T
On Wednesday 30 September 2015 09:16:23 Lester Caine wrote:
> On 30/09/15 03:38, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > URL's to the docs would be fine.
>
> Is http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Y1-sEO2KCY/hqdefault.jpg the one you are
> talking about? Relay and AxisB Direction share pin 17
Yes, that is the one Lester, tha
On 30/09/15 03:38, Gene Heskett wrote:
> URL's to the docs would be fine.
Is http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Y1-sEO2KCY/hqdefault.jpg the one you are
talking about? Relay and AxisB Direction share pin 17
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Dave Cole wrote:
>
> I purchased some very cheap stepper drives based on the TB6660 Toshiba
> chip a little while ago for a very much "budget driven" controller build
> using LinuxCNC for a Sherline Mill and Lathe.
>
> They are all over Ebay and the part number of
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