Quote Originally Posted by martin54 View Post
Rick, you say you did loads of research before opting for this board so what made you decide this was the right board for you. That's what we are trying to understand better, why people chose the bob they do over any other board on the market. Well I am anyway lol & I think that was the point of Wilfy's post.

Ahhhh Well, For the money it has a fair few features that i liked..

Opto-Isolation on all input and output pins, so no stray voltages getting where they are not wanted..In my computer for a start, no noise leaping through from or to the computer, the site says about the 1Mhz operating frequency, but to be fair thats not a selling point to me although maybe it has a factor for some people, The charge pump gave me an added level of control not present on the smaller boards, and not to mention the lights (I like lights, ask i2i, LOL)

Leds on all inputs and outputs told me when mach was doing something or not, almost like a little diagnostic feature built in, One look tells me that Mach has sent the signal because the led changes state... and the documentation was there to be downloaded before i even commited to spending any money, And the instructions for seting up mach are right there in the Document.. dont get me wrong it still suffers from the limitations of all Parallel port Bobs IE not enogh inputs, so i cured that and i buy the pokeys55 for as many as i want via the USB port right into mach3 with the included plugin...

The simplicity of the bob won me over when i fitted the first one...I read the documentation, I connected it up, it worked and and still is... and so are the others ive fitted since then.

Rick