UC100 USB Motion Controller convert from parallel to USB
https://vicocnc.com/product/uc100-usb-motion-controller/
The UC100 has a look as if it were a “simple USB to LPT port converter
module”, but it is much more than this.
The UC100 is the result of a 2 year hard development and testing cycle and it implements linear and arc
interpolation routines with trajectory planner, communication routines,
limits and homing functions handling and it has nearly all the functions
(with some limitations) as what Mach3 supports with the LPT port driver.
Because of using a high speed DSP core the UC100 making the
interpolations and other timings much more precise as Mach3 could ever
do using its standard LPT port driver and because the time critical tasks are no more done on the PC side, but on the UC100 controller the PC’s CPU time usage is much lower and the risk of overloading the PC resources lowers with factors as the UC100 has a long enough data buffer so that it can handle a 100% CPU usage and overload for some seconds without interrupting the motion and the G-code execution.
For these reasons it is also possible to use a much slower and cheaper computer together with the UC100 as what is needed for Mach3 if using the LPT port drivers and this can even lower the system’s overall cost. The UC100 controller connects to the PC via the USB port and this kind of port is more modern as an LPT port and exists on all today’s computers.
Product Features:
- Replaces the LPT port.
- Controls up to 6-axis simultaneously.
- Works with Mach3 and Mach4 software’s via plugin.
- Up to 100kHz operation.
- USB connection to the control PC.
- Same pinout as a standard LPT port.
- Fast communication with data buffer for robust and stabile
operation.
