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Old Tue 15 November 2011, 18:30
SLINK
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CHURCHVILE NY
United States of America
Cheaper drives

Does any one know of good axis drives that i could replace or rather use instead of the gecko 203v drives usin nema 34 motors and the pmdx-122 bob board
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Old Tue 15 November 2011, 19:11
smreish
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Orlando, Florida
United States of America
keling - affordable units (be sure to pick the correct step and current value for your motors)
uirobot - used on a few MechMates already
automation direct
gecko G540 drive - The most affordable solution with the right choices.

Also, you don't need the G203 series drives, others in the gecko family will work.

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Old Tue 15 November 2011, 20:08
SLINK
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CHURCHVILE NY
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Thank you for a quick response i will look at this drive
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Old Thu 17 November 2011, 14:02
IN-WondeR
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Randers
Denmark
I have used Leadshine models drives for the last build, and they work like a charm. Probably not the worlds best, but they do the job, and are affordable.
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Old Thu 17 November 2011, 17:59
SLINK
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CHURCHVILE NY
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Thank you for a quick response i will look at this drive
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Old Thu 17 November 2011, 20:30
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
you might want to check these out.
http://www.tinycontrols.com
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Old Sat 19 November 2011, 11:44
SLINK
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CHURCHVILE NY
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Thanks a lot ken c check the site and emailed for a price people on mechmate forum are great help 30 yrs as a machinist cnc but the electronics part is where ui can
can"t afford to make mistakes
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Old Mon 28 November 2011, 06:31
quadtech
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Hyderabad
India
Quote:
Originally Posted by KenC View Post
you might want to check these out.
http://www.tinycontrols.com
Thanks for the link, Ken. Interestingly, they are located in India.
Anyone tried them out? The drive looks pretty slick.

Browsing through the site, I came across a very nice looking
BOB too. This could be a pretty good option for builders in
this region.

http://www.tinycontrols.com/parallel...out-board.html
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Old Tue 29 November 2011, 22:51
javeria
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Bangalore
India
I am already using these on my CNC machine - the surprising fact is the the drives were designed by a fellow Mechmater - Anil - his thread is here

Folks here could also ask for a discount

attached is a picture of the drives on my new machine.

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Irfan
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Old Wed 30 November 2011, 01:50
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
Nice. What are the caps for?
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Old Wed 30 November 2011, 02:16
aniljangra
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Delhi
India
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Nice. What are the caps for?
Those caps are needed because he used long and thin wires to connect power to drives
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Old Wed 30 November 2011, 02:23
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
Ahhh.... Channel isolation & better PS Zo
A thick 12g loudspeaker cable should save the trouble nicely ?
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Old Wed 30 November 2011, 02:25
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
Anil, would you kindly elaborate the protections you put into your drivers?
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Old Wed 30 November 2011, 02:33
aniljangra
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Thanks Ken for your keen interest, basically drivers are protected for current at the outputs making them protected from over-current, miss wiring and short circuits at the output.

So you can only destroy them by connecting the power in reverse (even then the fuse blows) otherwise they are safe to common miss use or miss wiring.
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