Stepper Driver hooked up to PRT

[John David]

I have some questions about hooking up a SloSyn stepper or Servo drive to my PRT 4th axis. These drives take a step and direction signal and a built in power supply but I am not sure if its possible to let the software run this.

Im sure all will think my application is OVERKILL but I have had these since they were new and i paid over $10,000 when they were new. Now they are a dime a dozen but I hate to throw dimes away.

I'm wondering if anybody out there would be willing to spen a little time explaining some things to me?

I also dont want to smoke the PRT.

I will get this going if it is possible and I'll keep you informed as it goes.

Thanks in advance
JD

[Brady Watson]

John,
If you want to make life easier for yourself, you will want to use a 4G board as a starting point. Using a 3rd generation or under PRT board with Geckos or similar step & direction drives, WILL require intricate scraping & soldering traces on the control board. A 4G or Alpha board - or even cheaper, developer's board, makes tinkering a LOT easier.

-B