My ultimate goal is to upgrade the DC servo drive in a Bridgeport R2E4,
if/when it ever goes out. Before I go there, I want to practice with a
LinuxCNC installation using steppers on a small desktop mill just to get
familiar with the the software. I'm comfortable with Linux but never
used L
Why are we worrying about step generation when he stated in his original
post his machine has dc servos?
On Feb 28, 2015 8:27 AM, "Brent Loschen" wrote:
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> Thanks for this explanation. It answered a question that I've had for a
> long time.
> Brent
>
> On 2/27/2015 4:15 PM, andy pugh wrote:
> >
Thanks for this explanation. It answered a question that I've had for a
long time.
Brent
On 2/27/2015 4:15 PM, andy pugh wrote:
> On 27 February 2015 at 22:24, Brent Loschen wrote:
>> If so, what is that data and how is it different from step/dir signals
>> in the default case? Can anyone com
On 27 February 2015 at 22:24, Brent Loschen wrote:
> If so, what is that data and how is it different from step/dir signals
> in the default case? Can anyone comment on the differences or point me
> to documentation that explains it?
It might help to start with the parport stepgen.
That has two
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015, Brent Loschen wrote:
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:24:48 -0700
> From: Brent Loschen
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>
> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Introduction and a couple questions
>
On 2/21/2015 6:27 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> On 02/21/2015 03:42 PM, Brent Loschen wrote:
>> Greetings everyone! New guy here. I've been following the group for
>> several weeks and feel it's time for an intro and to get some
>> suggestions for a small project I'm working on.
> Welcome to the wor
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 7:03 PM, andy pugh wrote:
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>
>
> So, for your "practice" conversion I would say to go with an eBay TB6560
> board and the parport. You might want to see the board as a "sunk cost"
> that will be replaced later when you are in a better position to specify
> hardware.
>
> -
On 02/21/2015 03:42 PM, Brent Loschen wrote:
> Greetings everyone! New guy here. I've been following the group for
> several weeks and feel it's time for an intro and to get some
> suggestions for a small project I'm working on.
Welcome to the world of LinuxCNC.
> First, my motivation for looki
On 21 February 2015 at 23:42, Brent Loschen wrote:
> My question for the group is, what hardware would you
> all recommend for this task? I've looked at some of the ~$150 Chinese,
> 3 axis, PLC/control/stepper drive combos available on Ebay,
>
I think that those are a good choice for a "practic
Greetings everyone! New guy here. I've been following the group for
several weeks and feel it's time for an intro and to get some
suggestions for a small project I'm working on.
First, my motivation for looking into LinuxCNC. I own an older
Bridgeport R2E4 CNC mill (Boss 9 with DC servo moto
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