G540 CONTROLLER SOFTWARE
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G540 CONTROLLER WINDOWS 7

Motor Outputs - Spindle is enabled, Step Port 1 Pin 14, Dir Port 0 Pin 0 My setup in Mach for the G540 is as follows:

I have spent two days searching online and watching numerous Youtube videos where people are successfully using the G540 and controlling spindle speed. When I check the VFD output voltage from Pin 8 on the G540 I read 0.7 volts and it does not change when I issued different speed commands. After the installation I can move x, y and z as normal but when I issue a M3 S10000 or any other speed command the spindle energizes and rotates at about 3 rpms. Last week I received my ethernet Smoothstepper board and have followed the Warp9 instructions to the letter in connecting the G540 and loading the associated plugin/software. The x,y and z move as expected and I can control the speed of the spindle with the M3 and S10000 commands as expected.

G540 CONTROLLER WINDOWS 7

Aftermarket heat sink would be a total waste.I have been using my Windows 7 based computer via the parallel port to control a Gecko G540 to run my small cnc router. I have my fan set to 1600 rpm (quiet), no active case cooling (cept for the power supply fan), and it runs around 87 playing video with room temp around 70.

Overall Review: There is absolutely NO reason to use an aftermarket heat sink / fan on this. Runs cool and quiet on stock fan / heat sink.

G540 CONTROLLER PC

Intel virtualization technology for Windows Virtual PC or VMware Viewer / Workstation. I'm running this on an older DLP unit and it's working great. Intel graphics control panel has everything you should need to configure graphics for an HTPC, even on older TV's. It will easily handle any video format for an HTPC application. Intel graphics onboard is especially nice. Enough processing power for anything but high end video games. Pros: From what I could find on benchmarks, this processor runs around the same as an Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 - E8400 range. Conventional Intel SpeedStep Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load.

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep TechnologyEnhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology is an advanced means of enabling very high performance while also meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems.

G540 CONTROLLER SOFTWARE

By abstracting the software away from the underlying hardware, a world of new usage models opens up that reduce costs, increase management efficiency, strengthen security, while making your computing infrastructure more resilient in the event of a disaster.

Intel Virtualization TechnologyIncreasing manageability, security, and flexibility in IT environments, virtualization technologies like hardware-assisted Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) combined with software-based virtualization solutions provide maximum system utilization by consolidating multiple environments into a single server or PC.

This efficient, multi-core-optimized implementation increases the probability that each core can access data from faster, more efficient cache subsystem resulting in significantly reduced latency for frequently used data and improved performance.

Intel Smart CacheIntel Smart Cache Technology dynamically allocates the shared cache to each processor core based on workload.

Integrated Memory ControllerThe Integrated Memory Controller optimizes data bandwidth with two channels, offering stunning memory read/write performance through efficient prefetching algorithms, lower latency, and higher memory bandwidth.

It also supports a wide range of display connectivity options and is dual display capable.

Intel HD GraphicsIntel HD Graphics with dynamic frequency up to 1GHz delivers smooth HD video playback and mainstream 3D gaming without the need for add-in video cards or decoders.

The innovative 32nm fabrication technology optimizes thermal performance for reduced power consumption and noise.

Intel Microarchitecture Based Dual-core ProcessingThe Intel Celeron G540 processor includes dual execution cores in a single processor to enable execution of parallel threads or applications simultaneously, resulting in great dual-core performance, breakthrough energy efficiency and fast system response time when running multi-threaded applications, or multiple demanding applications.

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