Daughter of Nomad (formerly "Full closed-loop vs. steppers. Worth it?")

My hardware is mostly Delta because it’s cheap and easily obtainable from China:

  • ASD-A3-0421-E servo drives
  • ECM-A3L-CY0604RS1 servo motors
  • VFD11AMS21AFSAA VFD with a Delta EtherCAT module
  • An AX58100-based digital IO EtherCAT module from AliExpress

And driving it all I have an Intel NUC running LinuxCNC.

The Mesa card is no longer necessary. I could use it for the digital IO but I prefer the AliExpress module because it means everything speaks EtherCAT.