Hey there i am from Australia and i seen your suggestion of the different IC replacing the CD4516 IC for the 3 axis cnc controller. The Alterninant part we have in Aus and is easily available. My question is would you have any schematics of what you have been working on?
Heres how I changed the schematic to suit this ic. I just changed Tom's original schematic in paint. Notice I used a 5.1 volt zener instead of the 6.2 volt. This is because logic ic's are meant to run on 5 volts. 6.2 volts might work, I havn't tried it, but it is pushing it. The datasheet for this chip says to power it between 4.75 volts and 5.25 volts. I used an old computer power suppy to power this, and since it already puts out a regulated 5 volts, i hooked it straight in without a zener or any regulator. I added a link to the datasheet for this ic in my original comment, it would help to have a look at it.
When hooking up to the parallel port, hook up direction to pin 3 and step to pin 2. Enable doesn't have to be hooked up when testing. If you use kcam, go to setup > port setup > lpt setup. This is the window to setup the pinouts. make sure the are the same as how you wired it. The 74ls169 uses an inverted clock, so in the x direction row, under the inverted column, switch it to true. That step is important or else it won't do anything.
like i say, i've only breadboarded this circuit and got it to turn a motor using kcam, I havn't finished my mill yet. But if you get farther than me, i'd be interested to hear how it goes.
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