Re: digital servo controller to offload the Parallel Port?

[jmkasunich-at-ra.rockwell.com]

>  BRAIN BOARD.. is the electronic hardware used to
>  coordinate the actions of THE MOTOR CONTROL BOARD
> (that is 6 motor contro boards and each board will
>  controls three dc motors). This board will contain
> the DSP and the required peripherals and will serve
> as the central power distribution core.

18 motors?  Something tells me you aren't running a
machine tool <grin>.  Maybe a 6 legged robot, with
3 DOF per leg?  I have a project like that in mind
too, but I'm planning to use a PC for high level
control, and PICs or other small micros for the low
level motor control, either one per motor or one per
leg.

John Kasunich