Re: EMC block diagram posted - corrections wanted

["alex" <telecomt-at-tht.net>]

John,
thank you for a diagram!
Explains a lot. Will it be to much to ask for if to include actual names of
C modules
together with it?
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: John Kasunich <jmkasunich-at-worldnet.att.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <emc-at-nist.gov>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 12:46 AM
Subject: EMC block diagram posted - corrections wanted


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>
> I posted a first pass the a block diagram at:
> http://home.att.net/~jekasunich/EMC_Block_Diagram.gif
>
> This is based on info gleaned from the handbook, and from
> a couple of papers I got from the NIST site.
>
> I quickly realized there is no one block diagram, because the
> system works differently depending on how you set it up.
>
> So the drawing includes three versions.  The first is classic
> analog servo.  The Servo To Go card fits this scheme, as
> does Jon's PPMC system.
>
> The second version is what you get when you use Jon's
> Universal Stepper Controler, with feedback from encoders.
>
> The third version is what you get when you use the USC
> with no encoders.
>
> I still need to do diagrams for the parallel port stepper systems.
> I think that steppermod and freqmod are sufficiently different that
> each will want a different diagram, but I need to study mode
> before I can draw either one.
>
> I need more detail on the GUI and I/O portions of the program.
> That stuff isn't my area of expertise, nor is it all that important
> to the discussions we've been having lately, so I didn't put too
> much time into it.  Can anyone add more detail?
>
> Ultimately, I'd like to label each block with the names of the
> source files and functions that implement it.  Being able to
> cross reference chunks of code to their place in the overall
> system should be very helpfull.
>
> Please point out mistakes and suggest improvments.
> Thank you.
>
> John Kasunich
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