Does Gecko

[cncman2]

sell drivers for stepper motor's? Can I add a encoder to it?

[Andrew]

Yes, the Gecko 201 and 210 drives control stepper motors.

[CNCadmin]

I order the 201, any pointers on using them?

[CNCnUtZ]

Yeah. Get one of these theyre a must if you want to protect your investment http://members.shaw.ca/axxus/db1v20.htm

He sells them on Ebay too..Search for "CNC parallel" 50-60 bucks. Well worth it IMHO

Also, make sure you mount the gecko drives to a nice sized heatsink because those puppies do GET HOT.

You make anything to mount them in yet?

[cncman2]

Originally posted by CNCnUtZ Yeah. Get one of these theyre a must if you want to protect your investment http://members.shaw.ca/axxus/db1v20.htm He sells them on Ebay too..Search for "CNC parallel" 50-60 bucks. Well worth it IMHO Also, make sure you mount the gecko drives to a nice sized heatsink because those puppies do GET HOT. You make anything to mount them in yet?

Cool thanks, I will check that out. I have not made anything to mount then yet, any sugestions?

[CNCnUtZ]

Well, I went to an indoor fleamarket that we have here in town, and he had a exorbitant amount of old pre-486 PC's.
I took an old desktop type case and gutted it and mounted all my drives and power supply, ect. inside.

I use the existing switches for the power to the drives in case of an emergency, it all can be switched off rather easily(its one of those huge toggle switches)

If I were you, I would look around for a place that has a bunch of these old PCs and get a case or 2 to mount everything in.

Or alternatively, you could build a case, but why do that ,when you can probably find someone around where you live ,that ahs one of those aformentioned cases and most likely get it for free.

Good luck.

What are you going to run the system with(controller wise)?

[CNCadmin]

Originally posted by CNCnUtZ What are you going to run the system with(controller wise)?

Mach1

[johnm]

I tried out the demo looks very good. Runs the stepper motor perfectly.

[CNCnUtZ]

Originally posted by CNCadmin Mach1

Same here. Definately a wise choice as Art has done a super job on Mach 1/2........runs smoother than DOS controller packages ive tried.

WELL WORTH IT IMHO