Re: Low cost Servo/Stepper/CNC controllers? HELP! Questions too!

[Jon Elson <elson-at-pico-systems.com>]

Ralph Seguin wrote:

> I'm on a very limited budget, and I am looking for
> inexpensive (??) PC based (PCI) 4+ axis controllers (3
> axis + rotary table + ...?) for use with EMC (or other
> softare in Linux, DOS, ...) for:

> I know that there are some nice boards out there for
> $800+, but that is beyond my budget.  Anybody have any
> suggestions?

You might want to take a look at my parallel port axis control,
at  http://pico-systems.com/PPMC.html  It is less expensive
than the Servo to Go, and probably less than the PCI boards, too.
It should be supported by the next BDI cdrom.

Jon