Setting one of the motor outputs as the spindle

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  • December 23, 2018 at 11:00 pm #11261
    saurabhsaurc
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    Hi,

    I want to know if it is possible to set one of the stepper motor outputs as the spindle motor ( run by S commands ).
    Since by default, the spindle is assumed to be speed controlled using PWM, but I want to use a normal stepper motor instead.

    December 24, 2018 at 6:03 am #11262
    cmcgrath5035
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    The simple answer would be no.

    tinyG provides On/Off and direction control signalling for a spindle as well as a continuous, single phase PWM stream whose duty cycle is related to the S command via a programmable linearization of a range of speeds.
    G code commands M3, M4 and M5 as well as S are the controlling parameters.

    It might depend on what you are really trying to implement.
    If you are manually coding a Gcode stream to implement some sort of robotic movement, you could code complex XYZ motion and manually edit in continuous rotation on a rotary axis (A,B or C), I suppose

    December 25, 2018 at 12:37 am #11263
    saurabhsaurc
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    Ok thanks. I will put the spindle on C axis and program it that way.

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