Simple Automation Sequences

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 23:55:00 +0800

Now we can communicate with the outside world, let’s start interacting with the “hardware” attached to our motion controller. This will be the beginning of our Motion system.

The simplest way to interact with the world is by executing a pre-defined routine, and one of the simplest useful routines is to move all axes to the home position.

System Inputs and Outputs Link to heading

From our initial requirements gathering we know that our 3D printer will have three linear axes (X, Y, and Z), with limit switches at the ends of each axis. This gives our new Motion system six inputs to deal with.

Announcing Adventures in Motion Control

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 16:27:15 +0800

This is the first installation in my Adventures in Motion Control series.

At $JOB we build industrial CNC machines, and while developing a simulator for our machines I noticed a distinct lack of online resources on how they work under the hood. Hopefully this series will address the situation.

The Goal Link to heading

The goal for this series is to develop a simulator which will accurately reflect how an embedded motion controller is implemented internally.

Motion Control on Michael-F-Bryan

Simple Automation Sequences

System Inputs and Outputs Link to heading

Announcing Adventures in Motion Control

The Goal Link to heading