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| DaOld Man:
--- Quote from: Zebethyal on May 03, 2011, 10:33:24 am ---L298 Stepper driver is also available from Ebay for $15.88 (free international shipping): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/L298N-Stepper-Motor-Driver-Controller-Board-Module-DC-/270725603284?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0880dfd4#ht_2987wt_948 Potentially cheaper auctions starting at $0.01 and £4.99 shipping. Cheap enough if you only require 1, personally I am still looking for cheaper stepper drivers, either building my own partly or completely, depending on what parts are used. I am currently designing several CNC machines, and although prepared to pay decent money (£200) for 6 x 4.2A drivers for my 8'x4' 4/5 axis wood machine that will probably cost me £1500 including all motors and electronics. However I object to paying £35+ for a 4 axis board for a desktop machine or foam wire cutter with less than £200 in parts including motors. I am also looking to build a MAME cabinet with a rotating monitor - hence my interest in this thread. I originally designed a cocktail cabinet and then decided to go with something more like Kneivel's "Woody" but with a rotating monitor and maybe even rotating controls (still undecided on that part). I am looking at a slightly different method of rotating the monitor, that I do not believe anyone else has tried yet - using a car electric/power window mechanism and a lazy susan bearing, the window winder mechanism providing 90 degrees of rotation by pushing on a corner of the monitor at about a 45 degree angle, still need to mock it all up to see what other parts may be required. The mechanism I am using has geared rotation that is turned into straight line movement by levers/arms, (scissor action) I will probably not use all of these "arms" but will need the attachment point on the monitor board to be able to pivot. --- End quote --- Welcome to the forum and the hobby! Looking forward to seeing how you rotate your monitor. |
| ataruzzolo:
Hello DaOld Man, any news about the Mrotate USB? I have the Solarbotics setup (GearMotor 3 + SecretMotorDriver) and this USB IO kit http://www.svcommerce.it/scheda.JBPIC.html and I'd like to try the USB way before the parallel port way... ;D Thanks in advance, and sorry for my bad english. |
| DaOld Man:
The Mrotate USB project has been put on hold, due other things in life. However, I am anxious to get back on this project. Im glad to see some new interest in this. That usb io kit website is not in english, so I need some time to think on it. (Sorry I only know english.) How is this kit controlled? Is it by usb comm port or is it by script? |
| ataruzzolo:
Thanks for the reply ;) The USB IO board is similar if not identical to your 'reference' kit. It has a bootloader onboard but not the firmware (it can be used for Playstation3 jailbreak...). In the meantime I'll go with the parallel port! |
| DaOld Man:
OK, you gave me a jump start ataruzzolo, I definitely need to get back on this project, but it might be a while, I will keep you in mind when Im ready for a tester. |
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