> On Wednesday 12 August 2015 08:43:33 andy pugh wrote: > > > On 12 August 2015 at 13:36, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > > This is a case where a hardware stepgen might be needed as software > > > only has a limit in output step frequency on the x86 driven pc of > > > 40Khz that is largely removed by the use of something like a mesa > > > 5i25 card. > > > > The Beaglebone has a PRU (and a Machinekit driver) that can achieve > > similar step rates to the FPGA cards. > > I am aware of that Andy but have no experience, which is why I mentioned > the x86 platform specifically. > > I have thought of trying the BBB, but the comments in this thread so far > are quite off-putting, No indexing and poor GFX speed would turn me off. > Its gfx is slow enough on the X86 stuff, so What You See Is Not WHat You > Are Getting. WYSINWYAG would be the applicable acronym. :) > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > --
I'll report more on that once I decide on a cape (or build my own). John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
