Originally Posted by
rusty13jr
I understand. Problem is, more and more computers don't have parallel ports, and I wound up with a USB Smooth Stepper for my break out board. I have gone through four BOBs and the only thing I haven't changed yet are the cheap stepper controllers themselves. Gecko drives seemed expensive, but the added cost of encoders, now makes a Gecko drive look much more appealing. I am still looking, and plan on buying a new drive in the next day or two to test on the gantry and then evaluate for the other two axes. I just need to get this machine up and running. Any luck making chips with yours yet?