[quote="iluetkeb, post:19, topic:3161"] Im not sure what you mean by step generation. [/quote] That's an example of a component for a step generator for a stepper motor. You'd set velocity or position and stop caring about generating steps (let the hardware deal with that), or use PWM, or getting a velocity/position from encoder for that matter. [quote="iluetkeb, post:19, topic:3161"] I wonder what benefit is to be gained from MachineKit. [/quote] - re-use of a configuration (read control system) on different hardware - use components (filters, PID etc) to configure your realtime control behaviour - defined interaction between realtime and non realtime --- [Visit Topic](https://discourse.ros.org/t/why-dont-we-use-ros/3161/20) or reply to this email to respond. If you do not want to receive messages from ros-users please use the unsubscribe link below. If you use the one above, you will stop all of ros-users from receiving updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ ros-users mailing list ros-users@lists.ros.org http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users Unsubscribe: