Hi From Ballycastle

[Clive S]

My table is 2700mmx1400mm. Yeah its my firsh attempt. Im running mach3 however i have read that linuxcnc and mach4 can control THC using the divided plasma voltage as an input to the board as opposed to running a separate THC unit. This would be a slicker solution i believe? Who has done it that way? What breakout board would best suit this solution? Yeah i love the AE86 haha

Did you read post #4 and #8

[joey]

Hi Clive, your machine looks impressive, i would like to try a similar setup, but i have never used linux, i have a few old desktop i could try it on. What are you using as a post processor?

[Clive S]

Hi Clive, your machine looks impressive, i would like to try a similar setup, but i have never used linux, i have a few old desktop i could try it on. What are you using as a post processor?

Have a read through this https://forum.linuxcnc.org/plasmac .


https://forum.linuxcnc.org/plasmac/3...-documentation

Also this is the easy way to get linuxcnc

https://forum.linuxcnc.org/9-install...int-iso#165631

This is the above in action; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0s6sI7IvuY

download the iso and use windisk to make a boot usb

[joey]

Have a read through this https://forum.linuxcnc.org/plasmac .


https://forum.linuxcnc.org/plasmac/3...-documentation

Also this is the easy way to get linuxcnc

https://forum.linuxcnc.org/9-install...int-iso#165631

This is the above in action; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0s6sI7IvuY

download the iso and use windisk to make a boot usb

https://eusurplus.com/index.php?rout...&product_id=50 is this the board i require?

[Clive S]

https://eusurplus.com/index.php?rout...&product_id=50 is this the board i require?

How can a guess what you require when I don't know what you are going to build. I have said in #4 what Mesa cards I used.

You have linked to a 7i76e which you can use as well but the 7i96 is cheaper and more suited for plasma but it depends how many inputs and out puts you require.
you will also need a THC-10.

Eusurplus is a good company.

Did you read through the docs I posted