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General Mach Discussion / Anyone point to an installation manual for usb to parallel breakout board?
« on: February 09, 2014, 06:20:10 PM »
I found a zillion boards, so I dont really care which one.
Basically, they seem to have in common a USB, a parallel port, and a lot of individual signal wire connectors.
I assume I have to plug the usb and parallel cable in.
Beyond that, and maybe power for the board, is that it?
I am guessing the boards are flexible to work in lots of situations, but that if you are
just dealing with the fact that your PC does not have a parallel port, I would tend to assume
those other connectors are for when you dont have a parallel port.
Most of the boards i can afford come from china and basically dont have instructions.
The "manual" i finally tracked down for one of the better documented options
... is a picture of the board with the connectors labeled. (not joking)
So the usual have a look at the web site isnt working out.
I'd just like a sanity check to know what I want to do is reasonable.
Buy a breakout board plug to my pc with usb, my (also from china) cnc, driven by parallel port, plugged port to breaker board port.
It is a very simple desktop cnc, 4 axis, and no end stops feedback, just a zero probe.
So is keep it simple likely to work?
Has anyone tried these cheapy boards with success?
Basically, they seem to have in common a USB, a parallel port, and a lot of individual signal wire connectors.
I assume I have to plug the usb and parallel cable in.
Beyond that, and maybe power for the board, is that it?
I am guessing the boards are flexible to work in lots of situations, but that if you are
just dealing with the fact that your PC does not have a parallel port, I would tend to assume
those other connectors are for when you dont have a parallel port.
Most of the boards i can afford come from china and basically dont have instructions.
The "manual" i finally tracked down for one of the better documented options
... is a picture of the board with the connectors labeled. (not joking)
So the usual have a look at the web site isnt working out.
I'd just like a sanity check to know what I want to do is reasonable.
Buy a breakout board plug to my pc with usb, my (also from china) cnc, driven by parallel port, plugged port to breaker board port.
It is a very simple desktop cnc, 4 axis, and no end stops feedback, just a zero probe.
So is keep it simple likely to work?
Has anyone tried these cheapy boards with success?