On Sat, 2012-03-24 at 19:30 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > Greg Bernard wrote: > > I too have been following all the various CNC schemes being > implemented on small boards but I fail to see the advantage over a > computer based controller either with LinuxCNC or Mach. Seems to be a > lot of misplaced effort. Am I missing something? > > > A few years ago when all PCs were large boxes and cost thousands of $ > there might have been a real reason for smaller, cheaper CPUs. > Now, with the $79 Atom boards that are 7" square, it is possible to > have a complete CNC control the size of a paperback book. So, > the real need to develop a smaller system seems to have been mostly > satisfied. > > Jon
I think the beauty of these very small boards is they allow most common folks to work with small but significant hardware at low cost, and also to be able to get under the hood with all parts of the software and not be overwhelmed by the amount and complexity of code. I wonder... Micro or NanoLinuxCNC? Swarf could be the mascot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
