RE: New project...PCI based servo control board

["Craig Edwards" <cedwards-at-ceinetworks.com>]

Well... Consider it a "short" arm....but twist away..:)   Just purchased my
tickets, I'll find you sometime on Saturday. I will be able to stay through
Monday, I've got a 5:00PM return flight.  Really looking forward to meeting
with everyone.

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: emc-at-nist.gov [emc-at-nist.gov] On Behalf Of rehenry-at-up.net
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:46 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: RE:New project...PCI based servo control board





Hi Craig

I didn't even know there was an arm here to twist.  Thanks for the intro and
the interest in the Sunday/Monday sessions.  You are more than welcome.  I'm
certain that with the recent interest shown in hardware solutions to the
servo problem, there will be a great deal of discussion that aims at the
heart of the project that you have there.   

Anyone with an interest in the future of the EMC -- even the newbie's newbie
is welcome to attend and speak up.  I'm certain that there will be brainfood
for all.

Ray


On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:53:40 -0500 (EST), emc-at-nist.gov said:
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>Hi Ray/list,
>
>My name is Craig Edwards, I've just joined this list recently, and 
>thought I should provide a short intro post.  Actually, I've been 
>lurking for some time, trying to learn more about EMC, but have not 
>really had the time to stay current enough with the list to 
>participate.
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>My interest is primarily in multi-axis servo based motion control 
>systems, so EMC is naturally a piece of technology I want to learn more 
>about.  Short term, I won't be able to contribute much to the software 
>(nor do I have much experience in CNC..), but I can offer hardware 
>design capabilities (I'm a EE by training).  And, with the support of 
>the company I work for, I can get some prototypes built.
>
>Actually, I started on a project around a year to define and build a 
>PCI based servo control board, but work and other "real world" events 
>conspired to stop progress.  I've tried to solicit some feedback for 
>requirements on a couple of other forums, but most were/are interested 
>in a more "distributed" sort of solution based around USB or Ethernet.  
>Too much latency for a high performance servo system; but, of course, fine
for open loop steppers.
>
>Anyway, I'm thinking this group might be more interested in this 
>project; if so, I would like to try to attend NAMES just to meet some 
>of you and to better understand requirements for the "ideal" servo / 
>encoder interface board that could be easily used by EMC.  If it would 
>be OK with the group, I'd like to stay for Monday's meeting as well.  
>I'd like to learn more about the algorithms implemented in EMC, timing 
>considerations, etc.
>
>Regards,
>Craig Edwards
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