[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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