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From: colin@psych.toronto.edu (Colin Hinz)
Subject: Re: Motion Controller -- LM629
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 14:39:28 GMT
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jaa101@gorton.anu.edu.au (James Ashton) writes:
>Mind you, with the speed of
>microcontrollers around these days, it's probably possible to get away
>without custom controllers and do it all in software.
>--
>James Ashton						  System Administrator

Funny you should say that. Years ago one of my then-colleagues wrote a
dual-axis motion controller running on a 6 MHz Z-80. The processor was
also running navigation (using sonar) and microstepping a stepper motor.

So many people these days seem to think that a great big hammer is needed
to pound in little little nails. Must come from writing Windows programs
or something ;->

- Colin


