Isn't this just what folks like tose on the RepRap project are starting to do with the Arduino Mega? One interesting arm of this project is the RepRap Hydra branch where the machine being made incorporates both a 3D printer and a milling head to either refine the printed part or work independantly. All the G-code instructions and complicated parts of the driving system are contained in the Arduino memory and all the PC needs to do is pass the list of instructions to the Arduino via USB. Seems a very interesting way to go to me, espacially as parallel ports are getting scarcer and scarcer.
Ian _____________________ Ian W. Wright Sheffield UK On 23/11/2010 17:48, Speaker To-Dirt wrote: > Do you know what this means? > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/23/0642238/Intel-Launches-Atom-CPU-With-Integrated-FPGA?from=rss > > Change the real time engine of EMC2 into a FPGA image and run the real time > parts of EMC2 is real, real time. If they provide a header for direct access > to the FPGA core and don't require us to go through the NorthBridge, memory > bus, then PCI bus to get at the data, it would mean we could have real time > motion control tied to a real clock with the CPU free to do other things and > not being tied up serving requests from the real time engine and the rest of > Linux. > > I'm no expert on RTAI or EMC2. But I may be to take advantage of this. I use > FPGA's for camera controllers and let me tell you they allow you to do some > amazing things and for a class of problems it's like turning the world upside > down. > > Andrew > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App& Earn a Chance To Win $500! > Tap into the largest installed PC base& get more eyes on your game by > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3274 - Release Date: 11/23/10 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
