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- From: stan@rti.com (Stan Schneider)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks
- Subject: re: comp.os.vxworks newsdigest
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 15:01:08 PST
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
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- >> Date: 25 Jan 93 15:58:42 GMT
- >> From: miller@isrc.sandia.gov (Dave Miller)
- >>
- >> I am interested in interfacing a CNC machine to a VME bus in order to
- >> implement joint position feedback from the CNC controller. 4 of the 5
- >> axes on my CNC have encoders with relatively easy access to their signals.
- >> I am looking for a VME encoder board which can be programmed to receive
- >> these signals and convert them into X, Y, Z, A, and B values. Has anyone
- >> had any experience using this type of interface or recommendations for a
- >> vendor which supplies a suitable interface board ?
- >>
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- We've used some boards by Whedco in Ann Arbor with good results. We have
- VxWorks drivers for the Whedco 3570 board available. Drop me a line if you're
- interested.
-
- -- Stan
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