On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Dave Tweed wrote: > > Secondary considerations are that the unit should be relatively compact -= - > our box of electronics is about 50 x 50 x 125 mm and we don't want someth= ing > that completely dwarfs this. We don't want to spend more than about $1K t= o $2K > on this, but we want to buy as much of it off-the-shelf as possible. This= is > just a one-off for now, but if it works out, we'll want a cost-optimized > solution for a production design. The control interface would preferably = be > RS-232 (with a separate hardware sync signal?), but we can adapt as neede= d. > > Does anyone have any recommendations for vendors for this sort of thing, = or > any other pertinent advice? Thanks in advance. > > -- Dave Tweed I think the DIY CNC milling crowd routinely does this sort of thing. (pertinent advice category) --=20 Martin K. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .