So then Erik Christiansen wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 06:50:42AM -0400, Kent A. Reed wrote: >> > It'll be more than good enough for what I have in mind and if you get >> > your RTAI, It'll do fine for EMC2 as well. > Er, how'd that work? I'm having trouble finding the PCI connector for > plugging in my mesa 5i20. (Or even a parport?) > > I like the idea of the low power, and an excuse to play with ARM, if > it's suitable. > > Erik You're right, of course, Erik.
I bought the BB-xM precisely as "an excuse to play with ARM" because I knew I could use it in a robot project unrelated to EMC2. I figure that, since Jon is so excited about it, he sees a way to bridge between it and the usual CNC-driver infrastructure. If he doesn't, and nobody else figures it out either, I'll just have one less use for the board. The thing is, I've put in my time building projects based on chips, most recently with PICs, and I wanted to start higher up the ladder with ARMs. I've got too many projects on my mind and too few years left to get them done. Of course, if you look past all this hand-waving, you can see my real problem is that I could never resist new technology*. I've cut myself on the bleeding edge more than once. Why should I stop now? Regards, Kent *Not that ARM technology is new, of course, just new to me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
