New builder looking for Motion control recommendation

[Muddi1]

I am looking for a motion controller/breakout board for my first build, a 4x4 Gatton CNC and I am at the point of purchase. I am looking for a good solid expandable set up for hobby and some minor small business projects.

The components I am working with are as follows:1 x 24v 250W power supply, 2 x 48v 350W S-350-48 power supplies, 4 x DM556T stepper drivers and 4 x Nema 23 23HS45-4204 S steppers

I was looking at the UCCNC C94 with the UC300 combo.

https://www.cnc4pc.com/c94-multifunction-board-b.html
The UCCNC ABXX-E all in one is the second board i am looking at.

https://www.cnc4pc.com/axbb-e-ethernet- ... ntroller...

Of those two which in the majority opinion and experience would be the go to? It seems the ABXX-E has tons more documentation/user support.
I will be purchasing the software license with which ever I go with.

Thank you all for your assistance.

[ger21]

If it has enough inputs and outputs for your needs, the AXBB-E is the way to go.

If you need more inputs and outputs, the UC300ETH is the best option. I prefer the UB1 from CNC Room, but it's much more expensive. I'm not a fan of the all in one CNC4PC boards.

[cncdrive]

We also building complete control boxes, with open loop steppers and also with closed loop (stepper motor with encoder) steppers.
You might want to take a look: http://shop.cncdrive.com/index.php?categoryID=113

The schamtics:
https://cncdrive.com/downloads/Sch_closedloop4axis.pdf
http://cncdrive.com/downloads/Controlbo ... Scheme.pdf
https://cncdrive.com/downloads/Sch_closedloop5axis.pdf

The open loop 4 motor version works with AXBB-E motion controller + breakout board combo and the closed loop version (4 and 5 motor version) works with UC300ETH-5LPT motion controller + UCBB breakout board.

[DavidR8]

I am looking for a motion controller/breakout board for my first build, a 4x4 Gatton CNC and I am at the point of purchase. I am looking for a good solid expandable set up for hobby and some minor small business projects.

The components I am working with are as follows:1 x 24v 250W power supply, 2 x 48v 350W S-350-48 power supplies, 4 x DM556T stepper drivers and 4 x Nema 23 23HS45-4204 S steppers

I was looking at the UCCNC C94 with the UC300 combo.

https://www.cnc4pc.com/c94-multifunction-board-b.html
The UCCNC ABXX-E all in one is the second board i am looking at.

https://www.cnc4pc.com/axbb-e-ethernet- ... ntroller...

Of those two which in the majority opinion and experience would be the go to? It seems the ABXX-E has tons more documentation/user support.
I will be purchasing the software license with which ever I go with.

Thank you all for your assistance.

I have basically the same components as you and picked the AXBB-E and UCCNC.
I'm very happy with the purchase

[Dazp1976]

If it has enough inputs and outputs for your needs, the AXBB-E is the way to go.

If you need more inputs and outputs, the UC300ETH is the best option. I prefer the UB1 from CNC Room, but it's much more expensive. I'm not a fan of the all in one CNC4PC boards.

I'm loving my UC300ETH and UCBB.
Using the UCBB for all my axis and spindle pul/dir control. The Analog are working well for spindle 0-10v control.
For all the other ports after that it's all mostly switches, relays and sensors.
You can get nice plc isolation modules from Aliexpress pretty cheap and these can wire in directly to the inputs at 5v. These isolators can then go out to prox sensors at 24v.

Just tested out a 4 channel cheapo module (£4) on the 4 outputs of port#5 to run some relays and that worked spot on as well.
This 300ETH controller is brilliant.

Next time I would really like to save for the entire UC300ETH-MAX package from cncroom.