I have a couple of questions, maybe someone can comment.
I have an assortment of step drivers, and many of the high end ones have step resolutions of up to 256 microsteps/step. What are the practical applications of such high resolution? Are there any situations in a typical CNC set up that would require or benefit from these high resolutions ( above 16 ustep/step )?
Some of these drivers have on the fly or programmable resolution selection. They can change resolutions at any time by recieving a binary coded signal from the indexer. Has anyone ever implemented this feature with MachXX or TurboCNC? How would you ( could I ) do this? I would like to have my drives switch at some RPM from micro to half step if it is practical, but I dont have the skill or time to write a custom application.
Thanks
Halfnutz
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