Isn't emc awesome? :) I usually set the screen shot utillity to take a picture after 2 seconds. (with the realtime running sometimes the screen refresh takes a second on slower computers.)
sam On 1/13/2010 12:47 PM, Flying Electron wrote: > Thanks everyone for all the advice. I got it to work using an encoder > measuring the frequency of the pulses from the microcontroller. I put a > dial gauge on the panel in axis to watch the pressure and an LED to > watch the probe. It is beyond cool being able to see the pressure in > realtime while the machine is on. These virtual axis panels are great > for saving money instead of getting physical gauges. I included a > screenshot of the axis gui. The dial gauge bounces around in realtime > as the pressure changes. I guess screenshots and axis previews don't > get along? Or maybe it's my video driver. I don't know why it's all > messed up where the preview plot is, it looks fine on the screen. > > http://www.flyingelectron.com/Pics/probe.png > > The SPI looks very interesting since the AVR microcontroller I am using > supports SPI. I need to look into that more after I get the machine up > and running again. > > > > Kirk Wallace wrote: > >> On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 16:59 -0700, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> ... snip >> >> >>> Analog input into emc2 might be accomplished by adding SPI support to >>> hostmot2, and writing a driver for an SPI ADC. Some work has been done >>> in this direction by various folks (search the mailing list archives and >>> irc logs if you're curious), but so far nothing has solidified. >>> >>> >> Just in case: >> http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/EMC2/serial_adc/ >> http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/EMC2/serial_dac/ >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
