After you have your motors and motor drivers ready to go, you’ll need to have a way to actually control the motion of your motors. CNC motion controller may seem like a simple problem, but the fact that your motors will need to run in a highly coordinated fashion along with the fact that that […]
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Cheap CNC Motion Control
June 17th, 2011 
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Tags: Cheap, Cheap Motion Control, CNC, CNC Controller, CNC Motion, Control, Controller, EMC, Free, Khz, Mach3, Motion Control, Performance, Printer Port 
Comments Off on Cheap CNC Motion ControlBipolar vs. Unipolar stepper motors
May 7th, 2011 admin There is a lot of discussion on whether to use bipolar or unipolar stepper motors for your CNC project. Each type of motor has different characteristics, but when all is said and done, the best choice is usually bipolar stepper motors. This article is a short explanation why bipolar stepper motors are usually the better […]
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