>> There are several systems along these lines that already exist: >> pico-systems ppmc, mesanet.com's 7i43, and pluto_servo all use the EPP >> protocol for this purpose, and each one has established its own protocol >> details.
Isn't the parallel-port going the way of the Do-Do pretty soon? I remember when this discussion came up a while ago one option was Ethernet-based communication. There is a 100Mbit or Gigabit ethernet port on all new computers and that won't go away anytime soon (I think). A modular board that has a real-time connection via Ethernet would be nice. Digital I/O, ADC, DAC modules could be added as needed. my 2c, Anders ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
