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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: lios on February 25, 2010, 03:28:35 PM

Title: STM23 Series stepmotors compatible with mach 3
Post by: lios on February 25, 2010, 03:28:35 PM

hello I'm new in mach 3
i wand to build a cnc using the STM23 Series of the www.applied-motion.com that i allready have available!!
this motors have a steeper controller on board! can i use this motors with mach3??

thanks and sorry for my bad English!

Title: Re: STM23 Series stepmotors compatible with mach 3
Post by: Hood on February 25, 2010, 03:50:21 PM

Looks like they should work fine as they can accept Step/Dir inputs at 5v, so as long as your parallel port can output 5V you should be fine.
Hood

Title: Re: STM23 Series stepmotors compatible with mach 3
Post by: lios on February 25, 2010, 03:53:16 PM

this is input characteristic

STEP+/-
Optically Isolated, 5-24 Volt. Minimum pulse width = 250 ns. Maximum pulse frequency = 3MHz
Function: Step, CW Step, A Quadrature, Encoder Following, CW Limit, CW Jog, Start/Stop (Oscillator mode), general purpose

DIR+/-
Optically Isolated, 5-24 Volt. Minimum pulse width = 250 ns. Maximum pulse frequency = 3 MHz
Function: Direction, CCW Step, B Quadrature, Encoder Following, CCW Limit , CCW Jog, Direction (Oscillator mode), general purpose

EN+/-
Optically Isolated, 5-24 Volt. Minimum pulse width = 250 ns. Maximum pulse frequency = 3 MHz
Function: Enable, Alarm Reset, Speed 1/Speed 2 (Oscillator), general purpose


i think we are ok??? if yes ill start the construction!,
thanks

Title: Re: STM23 Series stepmotors compatible with mach 3
Post by: Hood on February 25, 2010, 03:57:50 PM

Yes  page 19, it shows the connections you need.
Hood