On Tuesday 16 April 2013 19:53:03 Ed Nisley did opine: > On 04/16/2013 08:48 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > It would be nice to be able to generate a nice HAL diagram > > I recently beat the Eagle-to-HAL scripts and libraries into producing a > complete HAL configuration for my Sherline, with USB Joggy Thing, XYXA > axes, probe & home switches, plus the default "manual toolchanger": > > http://softsolder.com/2013/03/06/eagle-hal-configuration-sherline-hal-fi > le-2/ > > Shorter link: http://wp.me/poZKh-3k2 > > Those schematics describe everything in the (admittedly few) HAL files > for the Sherline and produce one monster auto-generated HAL file with > the complete set of interconnections. > > The tedious part involves creating Eagle library "parts" to match the > HAL components, but there's a good selection of the basics already > available. I'll be forcing myself to do Mesa 5i25 / 7i76 boards (for > some of the many firmware loads) in the near future. > > With the Eagle parts in hand, wiring 'em up in a schematic is > straightforward. I think it's easier to see what's going on and > *definitely* easier to make changes in a schematic than in the raw HAL > text files. > > > but I am not sure any have been shown to work properly. > > Hasn't blown up on me yet, but the warranty covers only 30 seconds or > the end of the driveway, whichever comes first...
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