Make my own EtherCAT device 7. Turning in the lathe

I have now put things together so the EaserCAT 2000 card controls my small CNC lathe. Two stepper generators, one each for the X and Z axes, and an encoder counter for the spindle encoder are on this small card.
While it works there are still issues caused by the variation in cycle time. Thankfully I was able to reduce the variation from 80-100 microseconds down to 2-3 microseconds,
Code, schematics and such things are available at
github.com/MetalMusings/MyOwn...

[@roughedge-machineworks]

Den minst centrerade stålbiten i historien.. snyggt gjort dock. :)

[@sebaschtl9710]

tipp topp!

[@RodWebster]

Nice to see.😃

[@tecnobs3d]

Trevligt med Ethercat, ser framemot mera av detta.

[@FlorianSchmolt-ik9kc]

Impressive what you have achieved. Are you still using the RPi4 as EtherCAT master?

[@user-ie8vg1vi5d]

can you share more details about software part please

[@issyvarsano5622]

ok. why 4 encoders but only 2 stepgens?

[@sundinmikael]

I saw today that MicroE have something they call ETHERCAT CLICK (MIKROE-2851). Breadboard friendly.