Hello,
i have a cnc router i build a few years back. works well.
This was my first step in motion control. I used a cheap parallel card to drive
my stepper drivers, dust collection, and all the limit switches and estops.
I all so have a USB to serial to control a VFD. As well as a diode laser to engrave/burn wood.
The Parallel card is out of io and I have all so had some issues with the computer sometimes losing its place. Maybe i accidentally click off of linuxCNC to some other app or some other dumb thing.
so i have been looking at mesa cards. and i think that i want to get the 7i95t but i don't see it directly supported in linuxCNC. I could all so use the 7i76.
i want to know how hard this is going to be to implement. And if it is the correct choice.
my goal here is this:
I want to separate limit switches, homing circuits and probing input.
I want to add separate control for pneumatic stuff. i.e. a mister for cutting aluminumI want to add some tactile controls to feed overrides and spindle.Maybe add a pendant at some point.Last question do these cards connect directly to the computer or do/can they be on the network. Thanks for the help and advice.
