2015-10-12 3:11 GMT+03:00 John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com>: > At the moment the PC based LinuxCNC systems are better supported with newer > releases compared to the Beagle.
Having LinuxCNC on my router for 3+ years and Machinekit in my 3d printer for over a year, I agree to all of John's points except for this one. New LinuxCNC releases with major new functions etc (not bugfix releases) take more than a year, while there are no releases for Machinekit, there are prebuilt packages that are created daily, so you may guess, how quickly each of these projects incorporates some new functions in their final released form. Take the new trajectory planner as an example - it took a long time for LinuxCNC to get it officially released, while it has been in Machinekit since day 1 (yes, I do not count LinuxCNC's buildbot packages, because they are not official releases, they are not meant for "normal users"). So I do not understand, what exactly do you mean with a statement that LinuxCNC is better supported. IMHO there is no way to measure the effectiveness of support, they both are very well supported, it is just that they go slightly different routes on how that is done. Regarding OP's question - yes, IMHO it is easier to find suitable PC (most probably you already have one laying somewhere around) and with Mesa 5i25 and most basic LPT breakout board you will have great controller. Unfortunately there is no hardware graphics acceleration available on BBB, so you will have mediocre graphical performance there, unless you run your GUI on a remote device, but that seems to be out of "beginner machine" limitations. Viesturs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
