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Dinosaur Guru Joined: 12/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 323
Posted: 06:19pm 19 Oct 2013
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Hi All
Looking to clock 16 stepper controllers from a UBW32.
Does anyone have any idea as to what the frequency limit
would be if I simply drive 16 outputs On / Off.?
PWM command would be handy if it was available for 16 outputs.
Regards
EDIT: Sorry meant to include "Using MMBasic"Edited by Dinosaur 2013-10-21Regards Hervey Bay Qld.
MicroBlocks Guru Joined: 12/05/2012 Location: ThailandPosts: 2209
Posted: 06:54pm 19 Oct 2013
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Do you mean servos, because you mention PWM?
I found it easier when i used MMBasic for the overall control and leave the timing critical parts, when using more then 2 servos, to other small microcontrollers connected to the i2c.
Microblocks. Build with logic.
Dinosaur Guru Joined: 12/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 323
Posted: 08:41pm 19 Oct 2013
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Hi All
TZAdvantage, I meant Stepper.
By using PWM with 50 % duty cycle it is basically a good clock generator.