best stepper driver???????

**John S** · 24-03-2013

Originally Posted by dudz

Is there any benifit from parallel port or USB...I found this 3 Axis CNC USB Card Mach3 200KHz Breakout Board Interface Speed: 48M Win 7 | eBay
I know it is more expense, but is it better quality ? and are there benifits ?

Not a lot to choose. More expensive and no better than a decent PP card but has the option of being able to use laptops and any USB interfaced computer.

There is an argument that PP port equiped computers are dying out, it is true but there are still 1,000's about for not much money that the argument isn't valid.
I buy Dell DX260 in bulk.

No mine but this is how they are offered, cost about £20 each with an XP license on them.

However we are trialling a couple of the USB boards, first one will be later this month and I expect that the price will drop.
The one shown is from a different company that the ones that developed them,

**dudz** · 25-03-2013

Ok.... I bought 3 of these , CNC Micro-Stepping Stepper Motor Driver 2M542 Bi-polar 2phase 4.2A Switch | eBay and I bought this ; 3 axis CNC USB Card Mach3 Breakout Board Interface 200KHz windows2000/xp/vista | eBay
I could of bought the cheap one but I really like the idea of using the USB instead of the PP port. I will let you know how I get on. Thanks both of you for all of your help.

**birchy** · 21-04-2013

Originally Posted by dudz

Ok.... I bought 3 of these , CNC Micro-Stepping Stepper Motor Driver 2M542 Bi-polar 2phase 4.2A Switch | eBay

What's the delivery time like? I bought some from the same seller last December and they took 7 weeks to arrive. Might of been due to the Christmas post, etc. I am just wondering if they "normally" arrive sooner?