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« on: November 22, 2012, 03:11:00 AM »
You could use them with the PP via a breakout but there are a few drawbacks.
1. The step/dir input will almost certainly be differential capable. You may be able to connect single ended but in my opinion you should use differential if at all possible.
2. I/O of the drives will likely be 12-30v so interfacing with the PP would require relays or similar.
3. Encoders will likely be 2000- 2500 count so you would need to use electronic gearing in the drives to get reasonable rapids, that however will lose you resolution and if a high value of gearing is used there is a possibility of cogging at very low revs.
Personally I would look at some of the available controllers, my choic3e would be the ones from CS-Lab as they are geared more towards industrial end control having 24v I/O, Differential Step/Dir, Index Homing capability, Analogue I/O etc.
Hood