Slightly off topic: Speaking of the Mesa 5i23 (and forgive me for weaving 2 threads together, but . . .) has anybody ever used the PC104 version of this card? The reason I ask is because a company called Axiomtek makes a touchscreen with a PC104 port. The combined hardware part numbers would be:
Mesa 4i68-4 PC104-PLUS Anything I/O -- 72 I/O bits - 400K Spartan 3 FPGA Axiomtek GOT-3571T 5.7" VGA TFT Compact Fanless Touch Panel Computer The processor is an AMD Geode LX800 500 MHz and I don't know if it could even run Linux/EMC2. It would be a compact CNC control for under $900US. Any thoughts? Jim -----Original Message----- From: Andy Pugh [mailto:a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:16 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 5i20 Servo and General Input / Output On 29 September 2010 09:29, Caner <cnr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to use one "Mesa 5i20" for a 6 axis servo controller. I thought > to use two 7i33 Servo Interface for axes. So i thought that i would be > using HostMot2's "8-channel servo plus 4 step/dir generators" option. > However it writes 4step/dir generators, i don't need any step/dir > generators, so do i have possibility to use "Mesa 5i20"'s other 24 pins > for general Input/Output Yes. You specify how many of each type of component you want in the HAL file init string. If you specify no step-dir modules then all those pins become available as general IO. This is also true of unused pins on the headers that connect to daughter boards, but breaking those out to use them is a little more difficult (but it is a physical wiring issue, not a software/configuration one) > Can i handle these 6 axis and some I/O with using one > 5i20? Yes. However, as the other respondant said, consider getting the 5i23. That supports a wider range of firmwares, including one that lets you hang 8x 8i20 off of a single header. Note that there is no 8i20 support at the EMC2 end of the chain at the moment, but it is being actively worked on. -- atp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users This communication is for the use of the intended recipient only. It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, the disclosure, copying, distribution or use hereof is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please advise me by return e-mail or by telephone and then delete it immediately. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
