On Saturday 22 October 2016 14:44:47 bari wrote:

Hi Bari, sounds like something that could replace this huge Dell I am 
about 1/2 configured to run it with allready.  And that could fit in the 
driver box I am using, leaving only the VFD, keyboard, mouse & monitor 
to worry about.

Whats it need to run steppers as well as a Mesa 5i25 can?

Obviously some sort of a cape/bob sits on the 40 pin header to do all 
that.  Who has that & how much money?

> The Orange pi is ~$15 and uses the Allwinner H3.
>
> http://www.orangepi.org/orangepione/
> http://linux-sunxi.org/H3
> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orange-Pi-PC-linux-and-android-mini-PC
>-Beyond-Raspberry-Pi-2/32448079125.html
>
> It has native Ethernet (not over USB) so it can use hm2_eth with Mesa
> 7i92 FPGA.
>
> Axis runs pretty smoothly at HD res using llvmpipe since it has 4
> cores.
>
> Runs without anything TI or Machinekit.
>
> -Bari

Thanks Bari.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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