The 7i96 would work well, but it does not have a significant amount of IO pins, or analog outputs for spindle control.
If you intend to control the spindle via LinuxCNC and plan on adding more peripheral devices, the 7i76e might be a better choice. Expansion boards to add more IO and spindle control are available to connect the the 7i96, as well. On Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 3:07 PM Dave Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > I am thinking about changing my Gatton CNC over from a parallel port > and BOB to a usb or ethernet setup. The current setup works but from > what I have read I will have smoother control with one of the Mesa > boards. > > I think that the board that would do this is a Mesa 7I96. It is > fairly inexpensive, runs5 axis, and interfaces by ethernet. I am > currently running four steppers as X, Y, Z, A on 2.9. Potentially I > would like to add a rotary axis so I would just go with a 5 axis board > to be future proof. > > Is the 7i96 the correct choice or should I look at something else? I > will be replacing a $20 BOB that is hooked to DM542 drivers. > > Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
