Are you sure we need realtime? I kind of doubt that Emco would use a PLC for anything but the real time operation of the motors.
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:37 PM, BRIAN GLACKIN <[email protected]> wrote: > Serial is a nogo with realtime in EMC > > Having said that, depending upon your budget, you could through the existing > controller away (and/or ebay it) and pick up a stepper controller that would > allow you to run the mill through the parrallel port (cheap) or using an > FPGA board (less cheap). > > for a 4 axis setup, there are DIY kits for under $150, less for 3 axis. The > FPGA baords are a bit more but offer a world of other possibilities and they > do not need to be assembled. > > Look in the Linuxcnc wiki and search for supported hardware. It should be > very easy to convert these over to modern controls with the existing motors. > > good luck. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
