Uc100

[JohnHaine]

Thanks Andrew - good suggestion.

[battwell]

real world- the uc300 eth is a superb controller. i would definately spend the extra and get ethernet version.
i have 3 machines running with it. (and 3 previous customers retrofits running it too) much better using the uccnc software too . its very similar to mach3 to use but without its flaws.
i have just ordered another 2 full systems for next machines to be retrofitted over xmas break.

[Neale]

Are you using the UB1 BOB with the UC300? I'm currently using a CSMIO-IP/M which forces me to use Mach3, but I have sometimes wondered about moving to UCCNC. If I then used a UC300ETH/UB1 combination, I think it would be pretty much electrically compatible with the CSMIO, differential stepper driver signalling and 24V I/O operation, etc. I believe that it can also manage slave axis homing, which the CSMIO-IP/M cannot do.

[battwell]

I use the new uccb 24v io boards (cncdrive)
Very easy and very robust
Can handle 24v and 5v inputs

[battwell]

johnhaine: the uc 100 is only a single port- so your restricting the amount of io you have available- if you require probing etc.
uccnc has 2 probe inputs available.
the uc300 eth runs faster, supports encoder threading and has 5 ports of io available plus analogues. (this is what id recommend)
i use the 300 on the fast routers and the mill. (rigid tapping and atc , probing etc) all work great!

the uccb from cnc drive handles both 5v and 24v io. so makes wiring etc a doddle . it also has very fast opto isolators.
http://shop.cncdrive.com/index.php?categoryID=86.

[JohnHaine]

Thanks everyone for your replies - quite a lot of food for thought!