On Thu, 29 Mar 2012, Jan de Kruyf wrote: > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:34:16 +0200 > From: Jan de Kruyf <[email protected]> > Reply-To: EMC developers <[email protected]> > To: EMC developers <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] [!! SPAM] Re: I am new here > >> I'm not sure that drive interfaces would come into play by adding >> STEP-NC and non-linear motion planning to LinuxCNC, or am I missing >> something? > > Quite correct, not until you would like to see something running / use LCNC > to actually retrofit a machine. > > On the one side you need a modern drive interface for a high-speed machine > (the market this development > is aimed at)
Actually I rather doubt this. Can you explain why this would be? I directly connected PCI/PCIE card can have much better latency than any of the serially connected drives (loop rates in the 100s of KHz are possible (we are doing this now) > On the other hand, customers got talked a hole in the head about these > beautiful modern drive systems. > I assure you very few machines leave the factory in Germany with anything > less than a SERCOSIII interface. > > Enjoy your day. > > j. > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Kirk Wallace > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 22:40 +0200, Jan de Kruyf wrote: >> ... snip >>> Next question: What drive interface does Fabian need / want / is he >>> willing to develop. >>> So far nothing much has been done on that side except some work on a >>> Beckhof / Ethercat interface. >>> Everything else works fine but is not really state of the art. >>> >>> Perhaps we should have a serious look at SERCOSIII. the cnc-side code >>> is opensource. >>> And it is certainly popular in Europe. >>> >>> But I suppose I have waffled enough now, lets get some answers first. >>> >>> Cheers to all of you >>> >>> j. >> >> I'm not sure that drive interfaces would come into play by adding >> STEP-NC and non-linear motion planning to LinuxCNC, or am I missing >> something? >> -- >> Kirk Wallace >> http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ >> http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html >> California, USA >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF email is sponsosred by: >> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-developers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >> > Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
