Re: [Emc-users] Inverting the PWM signal to mesa 7i78

2017-01-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 January 2017 23:39:21 Cecil Thomas wrote: > I am running a cnc'd jet 9x20 lathe with a treadmill motor and dc > motor controller with a 5k pot for speed control in manual. > > I previously was running the speed controlled from LCNC from the > parport to an opto interupter for

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2017-01-01 Thread Gregg Eshelman
What controller are you using? I need one able to handle a 110 volt DC, 1.5HP treadmill motor. My 9x20 CNC conversion is on hold due to a lack of motor controller. For running the saddle I picked up a ball screw linear actuator exactly the right length. It's pitch is 16mm per turn so I have a

[Emc-users] Inverting the PWM signal to mesa 7i78

2017-01-01 Thread Cecil Thomas
I am running a cnc'd jet 9x20 lathe with a treadmill motor and dc motor controller with a 5k pot for speed control in manual. I previously was running the speed controlled from LCNC from the parport to an opto interupter for isolation from the motor controller which worked fine. I was

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread andy pugh
On 1 January 2017 at 23:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > Its radiated noise from the motor supplies. Motor supplies don't even need to be regulated. Just use a transformer, rectifier and capacitors. (transformer might be optional, depending on hardware, both my current machines

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Bertho Stultiens
On 01/02/2017 12:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: [snip] > Bring up power to the motor supplies and its injecting enough noise on > the SPI bus that it all goes in the crapper. Once I stopped everything > but lcnc, and was walking around the tail end of it to see what I could > see on the scope, this

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 January 2017 11:58:55 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > #1 are you using all 8 grounds on the flat cable to connect the 7I90 > to the RPI? > > Peter Wallace > Mesa Electronics > > (\__/) > (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your > (")_(") signature to help him gain world

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 January 2017 11:51:04 andy pugh wrote: > On 1 January 2017 at 16:44, Gene Heskett wrote: > > So far, only line filters have helped. > > No improvement with the new PSU? No Andy. > > For the amount of 5V power we are talking about here, surely it would > be

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 January 2017 11:29:45 Bertho Stultiens wrote: > On 01/01/2017 04:33 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Well, in my case, the cable might be 8" long. The power to the pi > > and the power to the 7i90, originate from the output terminals of a > > separate 5v supply. But the pi has a ferrite

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> No improvement with the new PSU? > > For the amount of 5V power we are talking about here, surely it would > be easy to make or buy a linear PSU? Yes, TO220 7805 or LM8705 but you may be suprised about how much power is wasted as heat inside it. It is a good idea to do the math before bying.

Re: [Emc-users] Happy New Year everybody!

2017-01-01 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/31/2016 11:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Cheers, Gene Heskett Yes, indeed, happy new year to all the users, and ESPECIALLY the developers of LinuxCNC! Jon -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Peter C. Wallace
#1 are you using all 8 grounds on the flat cable to connect the 7I90 to the RPI? Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination.

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread andy pugh
On 1 January 2017 at 16:44, Gene Heskett wrote: > So far, only line filters have helped. No improvement with the new PSU? For the amount of 5V power we are talking about here, surely it would be easy to make or buy a linear PSU? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 January 2017 10:45:53 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Sun, 1 Jan 2017, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 10:33:44 -0500 > > From: Gene Heskett > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To:

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Bertho Stultiens
On 01/01/2017 04:33 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Well, in my case, the cable might be 8" long. The power to the pi and the > power to the 7i90, originate from the output terminals of a separate 5v > supply. But the pi has a ferrite choke on its power lead that the 7i90 > lacks. The 5v supply's

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 1 Jan 2017, Gene Heskett wrote: > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 10:33:44 -0500 > From: Gene Heskett > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] question on emi

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 January 2017 05:54:05 Bertho Stultiens wrote: > On 12/31/2016 09:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > [snip] > > >> However, if the reference ground is not equal at both ends of the > >> signal line, then you are in trouble. This is why you would use a > >> balanced line (differential),

Re: [Emc-users] Noise problem found, but not fixed.

2017-01-01 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 11:57:25 -0500 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 31 December 2016 11:12:33 Jon Elson wrote: > > > On 12/31/2016 04:34 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > > On 31 December 2016 at 03:07, Gene Heskett > wrote: > > >> But did they fix the

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> Do you know of a 4 wire to 8 wire and back interface that can function at > 32 megabaud and doesn't cost 5 grand+? Neither do I. :) Laser diodes > and detectors that could handle 2x the video speed needed to hit an HDTV > transmitter would be required, times 4 to do it optically. > > There

Re: [Emc-users] tiny edm integrator circuit

2017-01-01 Thread Sarah Armstrong
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Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-01 Thread Bertho Stultiens
On 12/31/2016 09:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: [snip] >> However, if the reference ground is not equal at both ends of the >> signal line, then you are in trouble. This is why you would use a >> balanced line (differential), which is not absolutely referenced to >> ground, but switches on the

Re: [Emc-users] tiny edm integrator circuit

2017-01-01 Thread TJoseph Powderly
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[Emc-users] tiny edm integrator circuit

2017-01-01 Thread TJoseph Powderly
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