> > Now that we have an "existence proof" I', thinking that > > EMC/linuxCNC/MachineKit have partitioned the problem wrong and the result > > is that it forces a requirement for hard real time to far up the chain. > > OK, "wrong" is to strong of a word to fault the original designers. They > > where working in a world where cheap micro controllers did not exist. > > The whole _point_ of EMC was to do the realtime on off-the shelf > general purpose computers rather than on specialised hardware.
They put NML communication with possibilty to communicate via TCP/IP in between GUI and real time part and it's still there. > LinuxCNC is a machine controller that runs everything on one general > purpose PC. That might not be the optimal way to do it, but if you > want to do it a different way then I don't think that LinuxCNC is a > good place to start. I think it is, everything is already there, just change the deployment. Or is there something else more suitable to start with? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
