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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: riporeno on February 13, 2011, 09:30:58 AM

Title: feedrate with the potentiometer
Post by: riporeno on February 13, 2011, 09:30:58 AM

hi   :)
does the way exist for regulating the feedrate with the potentiometer? 
a card hardware can be built for this function? 
thanks 
regards 
moreno

Title: Re: feedrate with the potentiometer
Post by: Hood on February 13, 2011, 12:06:30 PM

Yes you need an analogue input, I use my PLC but another way is the PoKeys and I believe the ModIO.
Hood

Title: Re: feedrate with the potentiometer
Post by: riporeno on February 13, 2011, 12:15:28 PM

ok thanks Hood   
too much difficulty for my abilities.   
regards

Title: Re: feedrate with the potentiometer
Post by: Hood on February 13, 2011, 12:18:35 PM

It is not difficult but you do need additional hardware.
I am sure you would get plenty help if you needed it. ;)
Hood

Title: Re: feedrate with the potentiometer
Post by: riporeno on February 13, 2011, 12:27:40 PM

is it a hardware difficult to build? 
or are there to sell in commerce? 
I understand enough of electronics. 
I have made some breakboards and driver for my cnc. 
thanks 
regards 
moreno

Title: Re: feedrate with the potentiometer
Post by: Hood on February 13, 2011, 01:54:16 PM

Afraid I have no idea how easy it would be to build as I have no experience with electronics except for very basic stuff.
The PoKeys can be bought which has 55I/O of which 3 can be used as analogue inputs to Mach. Also as said before I use a PLC on my machines and have analogue input modules, so that is another option but a lot more expensive if all you are wanting is analogue inputs.
Hood

Title: Re: feedrate with the potentiometer
Post by: riporeno on February 13, 2011, 02:11:55 PM

I didn't know what this existed. 
http://www.poscope.com/product.php?pid=2 
very interesting thanks 
regards 
moreno

Title: Re: feedrate with the potentiometer
Post by: Hood on February 13, 2011, 02:15:10 PM

They also do the one with terminals already fitted is what I bought but I suppose it depends on how you want to intergrate things whcih would be best.
Hood