On 9/28/2013 4:45 AM, Richard Thornton wrote: > Hi, > > I have seen a bunch of info on using BBB with capes and a lot of 3D > printing specific stuff like Replicape and BeBoPr++. > > My thought was can the BBB replace the PC in LinuxCNC and drive the G540 > directly?
The gecko will happily work with 3.3V signals (as will just about anything designed to connect to a standard PC parallel port...they have all had 3.3V signaling for ages). So if you want, you can just hook up some wires from the BeagleBone connectors to a DB25, maybe using a prototype "cape" if you want to be fancy: http://www.adafruit.com/products/572 -- Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net
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