Suitable card for three stepper motors

Hello everyone,
I want to ask which DAQ card would be suitable for controlling three (X,Y,Z stage) stepper motors using continuous and/or finite pulse generation. X and Y stages have to be independent on each other (i.e. diagonal movement), Z one does not but it would be nice. Solution may include buying two cards to ensure the independency of counters.
I have heard that for finite pulse generation two counters are used for one axis (stage). Does it mean I need a card with six counters? Or two cards with four and two counters? In that case, our lab is equipped with the old 6035E card providing two counters (unfortunately not independent in finite pulse generation mode probably due to the statement above), which could handle one of the axes.
I dont want to use DIO for pulse generation because there is no possibility to control the frequency of pulses. Frequency for the stepper motor varies from 1000 to 2000 Hz.

Hi Diego,
There is a way to only use one counter to output a finite digital pulse train.
Normally when performing a finite counter output operation, two counters are required. One counter is used to actually output the pulses and another is used to gate the first counter and therefore output a finite number of pulses.
The way to accomplish this same behavior with a single counter is by setting up a continuous pulse output task with a start trigger and a pause trigger. The pause trigger takes the place of the second counter normally used as the gate signal, freeing this counter to be used for other operations.
Finally, an external source must be used to create a pulse of a desired width in order to achieve a finite pulse train that used a single counter on the PCI-6602. In the case below the external signal is passed to Dev3/PFI0, which has been configured to be the pause trigger source terminal.
Pause triggers are only valid for continuous sampling mode with implicit timing. You can find the properties for the proerpty node in the following locations:
Properties » More » Pause » Trigger Type
Properties » More » Pause » Digital Level » Source
Properties » More » Pause » Digital Level » Pause When
For each property, right-click the terminal and select Create » Control or Create » Constant from the shortcut menu.
Keep in mind also that there are stepper motor controllers available from NI like 7332. For more information check the link above:
http://sine.ni.com/np/app/main/p/sn/n21:6/ap/global
May you have further questions dont hesitate to ask!
Best regards,
David Varga
Applications Engeneer
NIH

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