[Coco] FOR REAL! Program listings on the list

Chuck Youse cyouse at serialtechnologies.com
Mon Sep 1 17:16:58 EDT 2008


On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 16:03 -0500, George Ramsower wrote:


> Right now, I'm struggling with straight lines that aren't 90 or 180

> degrees. The math is messing with my stepper motor routines and I'm gaining

> and losing steps, throwing the total count off and therefore I end up in the

> wrong places over large drawings with many angles to deal with. It's only a

> few thousands of an inch, but when they have to come together in the end, it

> all adds up.


Interesting. A year or so ago I had to write 8051 assembly to drive
stepper motors for the reels of a mechanical slot machine. Post away,
let's take a peek.

And sorry about the off-topic posts. I mean, is anyone still on dial-up
these days?

C.





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