Originally Posted by
MrMetric
I like it.... a true "breadboard", even if you are using mixing the electronic and baking terms (hey! get it... "mixing" is also a baking term). OK.... I digress...
I have an important learning that may help me significantly. I *think* you might be able to add an ethernet based expansion board such as the Ether16. If that is the case, it substantially changes the rather limited I/O that I have been concerned about. That also alleviates some of the restrictions regarding pendants and such. It also makes a lot of sense. Frankly, Centroid would have been crippling the Acorn with an unrealistic number of I/O, IMHO.
Anyhow, I definitely need to learn more about the abilities and capabilities of the Centroid Acorn. It is a work in progress, but if I can successfully install a pendant such as what you've been talking about, I'm a happy camper once again. Axis selection, jogging +/-, multiplier and MPG are really all that I want. And if this is all hardwired, then I am completely fine with that (in fact, I prefer it). These capabilities will take me from "I'm not really sure I want to use an Acorn" to "yep, I think this will work out well."