Your idea is interesting but an Atom board is at a fraction of BB cost that is about 50 Euro ? And what about parallel ports on atom boards ? I will check. Thank you !
PS The BBW is just laying on my table ;) Paul On 07.08.2013 13:59, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > 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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
