Originally Posted by
arizonavideo
I am running my Gecko steppers and servo drives directly off the printer port and it has been OK.
I did have to whack the printer cable and find the right wires. I have two breakout boards but I needed to save space as both setups used a single ATX box for all the components.
It was still kind of a pain, next time I will try one of the BOB.
I am designing my controller around EasyDriver modules and direct connection to the parallel port. I did add some protection diodes inline with the control lines from the port.
I took a bunch of pictures during the build:
https://picasaweb.google.com/ke4nyv/...eJ9JWthqiNgQE#
Jason
RPC Electronics, LLC - www.rpc-electronics.com