On 28 August 2016 at 09:12, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > I've 2 CNC lathes sitting in storage waiting for computers to go with > them. Actually 3 but the third still needs the electronics rebuilding. > The hold-up is that Mach3 lathe will do some jobs but I'm not as > confident it will be as productive as the mills are. ELS is a possible > half way house, but I think these machines deserve some hardware that > will use the encoders on their spindles, and for that I think the > coprocessor approach is the best way forward, but the LinuxCNC options > still need to become a little more mature?
When you say "coprocessor" are you talking about things like BeagleBone (remote CPU running LinuxCNC) or Mesa/Pico (FPGA running high-speed realtime tasks)? I think that for a servo system PnCConf setting up a Mesa 5i25/7i76 system is _largely_ turnkey, but some configuration is likely to be needed for the toolchanger simply because there is such a variation. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
