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28-11-2020 #11
Few years out of date but hi.
Arsuino does work and people do use it, but in my ,limited, knowledge I hear it has noise issues.
But it all depends on your budget.
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29-11-2020 #12
There are much easier and better ways to control the CNC side. LinuxCNC for instance is Free, all you need is a PC with a parallel port and a £5 breakout board and away you go with a super powerful Control software that is massively upgradeable. Arduino is a toy in comparison.
For less than £300 you can have a fully working CNC system comprising, PC, Steppers, drives, BOB, PSU-use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.jazzcnc.co.uk
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29-11-2020 #13
I'll offer a different perspective. If (and this the significant qualification here) - you're just looking to generate steps to a stepper/servo driver to generate dumb motion on an axis, then an Arduino (read: robust microcontroller devices, conveniently packaged onto a cheap accessible board) can be a simple and cost effective solution, and with a boot time of less than a second through the boot loader you don't have to worry with the vagaries of Windows or Linux. But, go anymore complicated (and I'll include the GRBL projects) and they will run out of steam quickly.
Full CNC - use a full-fat controller (inc. Windows/Linux). Pulse-trains, a programmable microcontroller is viable.
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