Paul Why dont you just put an Atom pc together at a fraction of the cost for a BB and other hardware to run your Linuxcnc. Or at least at the same cost but with no hassles of any nature.
On 2013/08/07 09:30 AM, Paul Lacatus wrote: > Hi everybody, > > My name is Paul Lacatus and I am quite new on this list. I am using > LinuxCNC for a few months on my Proxxon MF70 converted to CNC. Up to > this moment I am using an old Pentium 1GHz for this job as standalone > computer. . Right not the computer is bigger than the mill and on the > work table the computer is occupying more then 70% with a display and > keyboard. > > I have read something about the implementation of LinuxCNC on BeagleBone > Black. I have available a BeagleBone white ( 720 MHz 256 MB ram) . My > questions now : > > 1. Is this card strong enough for running LinuxCNC headless ? Or should > I get a BeagleBone Black (1GHz / 512 MB ? > 2. I need a display and keyboard near the Proxxon for setting and > control . If I am using BBW can I use a Raspberry Pi for X11 server ? > In that case running Axis can be overkill for BBW ( grafic acceleration > is in Raspi ) ? > 3. If I have already the driver board controlled by LPT port of the > computer did I need and extra hardware of interfacing BeagleBone or a > simple logic level conversion is enough. > > Paul > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! > It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. > Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Regards / Groete Marius D. Liebenberg MasterCut cc Cel: +27 82 698 3251 Tel: +27 12 743 6064 Fax: +27 86 551 8029 Skype: marius_d.liebenberg --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 130806-1, 2013/08/06 Tested on: 2013/08/07 12:59:15 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2013 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
