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  1. #1
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    Re: Recommendations for replacement controller for 3040 router

    I've looked at Geckos before but decided against it simply because if one axis fails it's expensively stuffed.
    There are individual drives in a G540 that can be replaced.

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    Buildbotics might be an option.

    https://buildbotics.com/
    Gerry

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    Re: Recommendations for replacement controller for 3040 router

    Hi,
    the whole point about using a Gecko G540 is that they are reliable. Its not that you can't blow them up but you really really have
    to try to do so. Gecko offer a repair service should it ever be required. That's what service used to mean....and Gecko retains the tradition,
    and good on them.

    If I had one gripe about the G540 is that its limited to 50V, whereas the majority of the individual drives are 80V. 50V is not bad, but 80V is better.

    Craig

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