Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 10:16 +0900, John Doty wrote: On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Peter Clifton wrote: How much does the Armadeus board cost? The embedded board itself is 118,00€ (full version). It's designed to be a mezzanine atop your project's main board. Of course, when starting, one

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-25 Thread David C. Kerber
Of Hannu Vuolasaho Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 5:05 PM To: geda-user@moria.seul.org Subject: Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors Does it have to be a joystick? I have found quite usable small touchscreen and one button. It is like trackpad in mouse size square

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-25 Thread David C. Kerber
- Original Message From: David C. Kerber dker...@warrenrogersassociates.com To: gEDA user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org Sent: Mon, January 24, 2011 4:41:25 PM Subject: Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors Actually, my first thought was to use

gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread David C. Kerber
Hi, electronics gurus! I'm looking for suggestions on the best inexpensive way to use a USB game joystick to control stepper or servo motors. The application is using a joystick to drive the the platform positioning knobs on a microscope, to help me keep the subjects in the field of view,

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread DJ Delorie
plug mode Renesas is currently having a design contest using their latest RX chips - the RX/62N. The 62N series has USB *host* and a bazillion timers, and can probably do everything you want in one chip. Search for rx600 on digikey, but they're in the $17 range. I'm also asking for feedback

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread David C. Kerber
Message- From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of DJ Delorie Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 10:44 AM To: gEDA user mailing list Subject: Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors plug mode Renesas

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread DJ Delorie
Hmmm... Android to USB-on-the-go stepper controller? Anyway, if you decide to go the RX route, repost your question over on www.renesasrulz.com, you'll find more RX-specific help there. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread Rick Collins
David, To talk to the joystick, you will need a board with a USB host interface. I was just looking for such a beast and found an open source project called Ethernut. The project can be found at ethernut.org. They have several versions of the hardware and a new one, ver 5, with a USB host

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:19:53 -0500 David C. Kerber dker...@warrenrogersassociates.com wrote: Hi, electronics gurus! I'm looking for suggestions on the best inexpensive way to use a USB game joystick to control stepper or servo motors. The application is using a joystick to drive the the

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread David C. Kerber
...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Colin D Bennett Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 3:25 PM To: geda-user@moria.seul.org Subject: Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:19:53 -0500 David C. Kerber dker...@warrenrogersassociates.com wrote: Hi

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread Rick Collins
-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Colin D Bennett Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 3:25 PM To: geda-user@moria.seul.org Subject: Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:19:53 -0500 David C. Kerber dker...@warrenrogersassociates.com wrote: Hi

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread Hannu Vuolasaho
Vuolasaho Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:55:03 -0600 From: cullennew...@gmail.com To: geda-user@moria.seul.org Subject: Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors My first thought is FTDI Vinculum or something like it. I'm sure there are competitors

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread Matthew Wilkins
: David C. Kerber dker...@warrenrogersassociates.com To: gEDA user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org Sent: Mon, January 24, 2011 4:41:25 PM Subject: Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors Actually, my first thought was to use an analog joystick, since I have one floating

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread John Doty
On Jan 25, 2011, at 12:49 AM, David C. Kerber wrote: Thanks for the suggestions, DJ. Unfortunately, there's really no room for a pc where I have the microscope set up, and most laptops don't even have parallel ports any more. Plus running a full-blown pc just to drive a microscope seems

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 09:26 +0900, John Doty wrote: On Jan 25, 2011, at 12:49 AM, David C. Kerber wrote: Thanks for the suggestions, DJ. Unfortunately, there's really no room for a pc where I have the microscope set up, and most laptops don't even have parallel ports any more. Plus

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
David C. Kerber wrote: Any suggestions? A master student downstairs just started to do something similar. He needs to steer a target to wherever his femtosecond laser beam h happens to be. He settled for a Joy stick with switches rather than potentiometers. Speed is going to be controlled

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread John Doty
On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Peter Clifton wrote: How much does the Armadeus board cost? The embedded board itself is 118,00€ (full version). It's designed to be a mezzanine atop your project's main board. Of course, when starting, one typically doesn't have a main board so it's useful to

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread Rick
On 1/24/2011 7:56 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: David C. Kerber wrote: Any suggestions? A master student downstairs just started to do something similar. He needs to steer a target to wherever his femtosecond laser beam h happens to be. He settled for a Joy stick with switches rather than

Re: gEDA-user: OT - Joystick control of stepper or servo motors

2011-01-24 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Rick wrote: He needs to steer a target to wherever his femtosecond laser beam h happens to be. He settled for a Joy stick with switches rather than potentiometers. Speed is going to be controlled with a 12-way switch. I don't think that's the way Goldfinger would have done it. Didn't he