[Nigel Tufnel]

Is there a break out board brand or source that is generally accepted as the best/most reliable? Seems Gecko is the brand of choice for stepper drivers, what about break out boards? Who's the best?

Looking for a board for a benchtop mill conversion. Would like it to be able to handle the following:

-coolant on/off,
-stepper motors
-VFD control
-MPG capability
-linuxCNC
-plus what ever typical function I'm neglecting cause I'm still a newb.

Any info appreciated. Thanks.

[ger21]

PMDX

[samco]

PMDX is a good company

For linuxcnc though - I would look at mesa. You can get a 5i25 + stepper daughter board for about $200. This gives you 5 axis step direction outputs, spindle encoder, analog output, 48i/o plus it is vey expandable. (this moves the pwm, step and encoder counting outside of the computer so they are very high speed)

sam