Need Help Connecting Digital Drivers

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29 Dec 2019 04:03 #153397 by PetitFroggie
Hi,

I am just getting started with building a CNC router machine for the first time and therefore have a big learning curve ahead.
I got stepper motors and drivers kits for Christmas. The drivers are DM556S (from Stepperonline) and I would like to use LinuxCNC.
I am not 100% sure how to connect them. Can you tell me if each of the following setup would work.

1) Regular parallel port —> MESA 7175 Breakout/FPGAprotection card —> DM556S drivers.
2) MESA 5I25 Superport FPGA —> MESA 7I76 Daughtercard —> DM556S drivers.
3) MESA 7I96 Ethernet interfaced Step&Dir plus I/O —> DM556S Drivers

If you prefer one of these setup over the others or if you have other recommendations, please let me know.

Thank you in advance for your help.

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30 Dec 2019 00:50 #153534 by tommylight
All of them will work properly, even parallel without BOB or Mesa works.
Parallel port will have a limited pulse rate, depending on the PC's latency, but with low microstepping it does work fine.
Mesa will be the best choice.

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