From: Ray H. <re...@up...> - 2004-01-05 02:14:44
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Wow, Jim. You've got some awesome stuff on your site. I could imagine many of these stuffed into the bottom of a pendant or hung somewhere near the tool changer. You've got the size and the price right. The fingerboard as is would be the foundation of a rather nice pendant. Some of us would like the analog stuff for joystick type jogs of each axis -- more there than we need. I also see an expansion slot that could be developed into more DIO than the eight pins on board. And with the extra comm board it's ready to program, plug, and run. Not to mention the almost built in two line LCD display! I'm overwhelmed. You can count me in. Let's all gather around this idea, get the specifications and the specific communication semantics nailed down and I'll get started on the tickle interface stuff. Ray On Sunday 04 January 2004 1:04 pm, Jim Fong wrote: > Hello, > > I have a little bit of experience with PIC/AVR microcontrollers and am > willing to help out with this project. I can even design the circuit > board and have it sent out to be made once the group decides on the > specifications required. > > I have not used USB much, played around with the FTDI USB chips before, > but for this application a serial port would be the simplest. > > Currently running EMC BDI2.2 on a small micro-mill. We mainly use the > machine to engrave and mill out cutouts on Aluminum/plastic project > boxes. Works fine for our simple needs. You can check it out on our > website. > > Jim > www.embeddedtronics.com |