From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 29 04:19:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA10951 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 29 Apr 1997 04:19:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (rwwa.com [198.115.177.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA10946 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 1997 04:19:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (localhost.rwwa.com [127.0.0.1]) by spooky.rwwa.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA01906; Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:19:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199704291119.HAA01906@spooky.rwwa.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: nbc@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD As Motor Controller? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Apr 1997 01:32:53 BST." <199704290032.BAA00916@neophyte.dweeb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:19:12 -0400 From: Robert Withrow Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I make a FreeBSD-based motorized co-ordinate measuring machine which uses servo motors to control the measuring quill. Given the low prices, I would simply get a motor controller card of some type (maybe a microstepper) and write a driver to that. I'd rather concentrate on the application than count pulses. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 592 8935, Net: witr@rwwa.COM