[Machinekit] Steprate Question

2017-06-10 Thread Sag ich Dir nich
Hello, if i want to drive 5 axis with each 1 MHZ steprate, do i need to reach 5 MHZ Stepgen or 1 MHZ? thanks -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: [Machinekit] Steprate Question

2017-06-12 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 6/10/2017 1:06 PM, Sag ich Dir nich wrote: > Hello, > > if i want to drive 5 axis with each 1 MHZ steprate, do i need to reach 5 MHZ > Stepgen or 1 MHZ? You need to a 2 MHz base thread (or 500 nS PRU period) which will give you a 1 MHz maximum step rate (1 thread period high, one thread perio

Re: [Machinekit] Steprate Question

2017-06-12 Thread Chris Albertson
This sounds like a job for an FPGA. 1MHz loops are hard to do in software. Even with custom PRU code, if it worked yours have job for life maintaining it as new versions of the CNC software, OS and toolchain come out over the coming years and decades. Mesa cards are not that expensive and othe

Re: [Machinekit] Steprate Question

2017-06-12 Thread Sag ich Dir nich
Well i want to stay small so i have to look what speed in mm/min i will get out of it maximum anyways thanks for the explanation Am Montag, 12. Juni 2017 17:44:02 UTC+2 schrieb Chris Albertson: > > This sounds like a job for an FPGA. 1MHz loops are hard to do in > software.Even with custom