A quick glance in sienciHAL seems to show support for backlash compensation and gSender code seems to manage the $160/161/162 settings (in settings file if not in gSender UI). Is that correct? If a settings file contains values for $160/161/162 would a) gSender send them to the SLB and b) the SLB apply them in its movement calculations?
Not sure if this level of backlash compensation (beyond ant-backlash nuts) is useful in typical carving applications. I’m converting a small lead screw-based mill to CNC using an SLB and gSender where software based backlash compensation is critical.
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As far as I’m aware it hasn’t been extensively tested or implemented in our hardware yet since we’ve prioritized making systems with negligible backlash, but yes some versions of the firmware have been designed to handle this form of compensation and should theoretically be usable. Sorry I can’t give a more firm answer right now
Thanks, I’ll try it out. Should have first chips later this week. Backlash measurements and compensations on the list.
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