I have made a driver board, i'm using parallel ports to input data to my board, and I have made a gerber file, the only thing i'm missing is a software (maybe called 'CNC driver software').
What software should i use to operate my CNC machine, I'll be using it to make PCBs!
A free software is better! Although any think will work.
-I'm using 3 axis,
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10-12-2012, 08:12 AM #1
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Very Simple Question, It's just that i'm new to CNC machines
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10-12-2012, 09:04 AM #2
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You could use the free LinuxCNC software (which runs under Linux) or the not-free Mach3 software (which runs under Windows) to drive your parallel port.
Those software packages use G-code rather than Gerber files as input. You can probably find a free Gerber file to G-code converter software package, or else perhaps your PCB creation software can be configured to output G-code instead of Gerber files.
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10-12-2012, 09:48 AM #3
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I can create G-code files, that's not a problem.
Isn't there a simpler program than Mach3 it's too complicated,and what's LazyCam by the way.
I am using Windows 7
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