RE: Newport & Aerotech stepping motors

[Mark Rivers <RIVERS@cars3.uchicago.edu>]

We have used the OMS VME 58 with the Klinger/Newport MDC3 motor driver.  This
is a simple way to drive small DC motors.  The only trick is that the MDC3
requires pulse-pulse input, while the VME 58 puts out pulse-direction.  We
have built a little one-chip PCB which we mount inside the MDC3 to convert.

My guess is that the MD4 could be interfaced the same way, but I have not
actually tried it.

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