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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Shaun on September 13, 2013, 12:15:20 PM
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Hello forum, I have a milling machine that I converted to PC control about 7 years ago, at the time breakout boards where in there infancy, so I made my own, well sort off!!, it actually consists of several boards, relay, charge pump, inverter control, etc etc.
I currently run two printer ports and have three Gecko Drive servo controllers (80vdc) for x,y,z, and one stepper controller for the 4th axis.
I also purchased but never got round to using a none Ethernet smoothstepper about 3 years ago.
So can anyone recommend a breakout board to replace the above but still allow me to use my servo and stepper controllers.
Would I be as well to switch to the smoothstepper now, and or should I replace it with an Ethernet one or other make of controller, also taking into account the imminent release of Mach 4! :)
Any help and or advice on this would be very much appreciated.
I'm in the UK buy the way
TIA
Shaun.
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I should perhaps mention the miller currently works fine, I'm just thinking its time to update.
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If it works well then why change?
However if changing personally I would update the whole system and go more industrial with things.
Things like 24v I/O and differential step/dir signals so my preference would be the products from CS-Lab :)
If just wanting a breakout board however then PMDX were (dont need them now with CSMIO stuff) my choice due to their excellent build quality.
Hood
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I will say the the stuff from PMDX is great. I have a PMDX/ESS setup on my mill. Running about a year now and it just works.