PDA

View Full Version : Requirements on a break out board?



Sodster68
21-01-2013, 12:29 PM
Hi all,
I'm a bit confused as to what the minimum requirements are on a break out board. My planned system is a PC with LinuxCNC, BOB, drivers and stepper motors.

Take this for instance:
8001
Obviously there are no opto couplers to protect the computer. But is anything else needed for comunicating with the stepper drivers?

Thanks
Patrik

IanS1
21-01-2013, 12:48 PM
From my experience a breakout board is simply a extension of the connecting port which makes it easier to connect the wires. I would have thought opto couplers would be a high priority though.

martin54
21-01-2013, 01:13 PM
Try doing a search on the forum, someone asked a question like this not that long ago & there were some good explanations given.

Clive S
21-01-2013, 02:58 PM
This is the one that I have bought CNC4PC (http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=425) as the one that was supplied for free with the drivers I found would not work well with the pp. This one worked staight out of the box and is independant and isolated from the pp.

http://cnc4pc.com/images/C50R1C.JPG