Hi all,
Does anyone have experience that can share about integrating the Acorn board and a ClearCore (https://teknic.com/products/io-motion-controller/) board?
I'm considering using a ClearCore for an automatic tool changer (motion in 3 axes), but a very important part of the integration is how both platforms would talk vidirectionally.
Any comments or ideas will be appreciated.
Thanks!
Acorn and ClearCore integration
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Re: Acorn and ClearCore integration
"both platforms would talk bidirectionally"
This is the problem, and this is your reply: https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic. ... 8&start=20
This is the problem, and this is your reply: https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic. ... 8&start=20
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Re: Acorn and ClearCore integration
I have a ClearCore module w/expansion module. I did not buy it to work directly with my Acorns. It can provide drive signals for Teknic servo motors or for stepper motors via stepper drivers. With a little ingenuity, you might find a way to use an Acorn and the ClearCore to control a tool changer. To drive an eight position changer, you would need three Acorn outputs (2^3=8) and at least one Acorn input to indicate when the tool was locked in position. You could use a single Acorn output to serially step through the tool positions and two inputs, one for tool zero home and one that pulsed each time a tool was sensed, but that would be slow and tedious.
Personally, I would use the Acorn expansion board to interface with the Teknic ClearCore and then use the ClearCore to intelligently handle the tool changer. That option would be more costly (about $800-900 for the Acorn, expansion board and the ClearCore), but it would easily do the job.
The new Centroid board would probably be a better choice - when it is released. (At my age, I'm not counting on living long enough to see that board released. It seems like I was in my midteens when it was announced and now I'm in my 70s.)
Personally, I would use the Acorn expansion board to interface with the Teknic ClearCore and then use the ClearCore to intelligently handle the tool changer. That option would be more costly (about $800-900 for the Acorn, expansion board and the ClearCore), but it would easily do the job.
The new Centroid board would probably be a better choice - when it is released. (At my age, I'm not counting on living long enough to see that board released. It seems like I was in my midteens when it was announced and now I'm in my 70s.)
-Mike Richards