How bad can a $2.97 ADC be?

Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by supportengineer on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @05:04PM (#45584858)

I'm off to build an MCP so AI can control the sandpaper

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Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by jacquesm on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @05:09PM (#45584930)

You may as well start off with one of these then:

All you need is a serial port and some G-codes.

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Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by doubleg72 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @12:42AM (#45588158)

Surface grinders generally don’t use CNC, they are a simple machine.

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Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by Dries007 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @04:45AM (#45589700)

This is a fun playlist of a conversion of a manual machine to CNC:

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Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by jacquesm on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @06:48AM (#45590496)

In the 1950's, yes. But these days they definitely are CNC based.

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