Patent · US Expired

System for controlling an NC machine from a PC type computer

US4907163A · kind A · utility

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37Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1988
Grant dateMar 6, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/36388
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for controlling a numerically controlled machine tool sysem from a PC type computer system of the kind using an 8088 microprocessor chip and 8-bit words. The system includes an inverter timing board which is inserted into the PC equipment for conditioning signals from the parallel port of the computer into signals having wave forms of selected time length comforting to the numerical control tape code which is acceptable by the numerical control equipment at the machine tool.

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