I'm working on designing a cnc controller for a knee mill (bridgeport clone).
I want a closed loop servo system. However, I have some confusion about the software.
I've read elsewhere that Mach 3, while great for steppers, is not capable of running a true closed loop servo system. I'm not sure that this is true because I've seen many machines described on this site that use Mach 3 with Gecko or Viper servo drivers.
Can anyone provide any more details on this?
In addition, there is also the EMC software. At this point, I haven't done too much research on the EMC. Is there any advantages to this software?
Thanks in advance for any input.
mtechserv