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

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

jmkasunich-at-ra.rockwell.com wrote:

>If the USC had everything I want/need for my project, I might well be
>buying one
>instead of getting involved in this thing.  But is doesn't - I need a
>couple of
>additional encoder counters, and an analog output.  So being an engineer,
>I'm
>gonna build my own.  If someone else is doing much the same thing, then
>I'll
>collaborate with them.  If my needs divirge too much from what everybody
>else
>wants to do, then I'll go it alone again.  Regardless of how it works out,
>I'll post
>my schematics and code.
>  
>
Ahh, there's something that many people don't know.  The USC is expandable!
You can string up to 4 of them together!  Also, each USC has an extra 8-bit
CMOS output port.  This was thrown in for spindle speed control, but could
be used for other purposes.

Jon