Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Gentlemen, > This doesn't have anything to do with machine tools. I am starting > another project. I have retired my 1984 Mercury Lynx diesel. The body > rusted out and the car is not drivable. I bought a 1991 Mazda 323. > Alas, this is a gas motor car. I like diesel. I want to put the Mazda > diesel out of the Lynx into the 323. It will bolt up to the bell > housing. But, prior to installing it into the 323 I want to modify the > diesel motor. I want to install common rail injection. This will > require electronic control of the injectors and injector timing. This > is where EMC comes in. I want to have an embedded EMC control that > boots in 3 seconds or less and will control the injectors. I think EMC > should be able to do this easily and control other functions as well. > My goal is to have this modified and installed by next summer. Ohhh, my, you have inherited that form of nuttiness I know all too well! (Ask me about the ill-fated electric/hybrid car project at the next CNC Workshop.)
First, I don't think you want EMC at all, no need for G-code to run an engine. You may well find a way to use HAL components for this. First, you want solid-state disks of some flavor. You probably want an embedded CPU, with a BIOS that doesn't require video, keyboard, mouse, etc. Really, what you want is no Linux at all, just the real time scheduler and the most basic kernel services, and enough support to start it from a HAL script. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users