[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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