On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 03:41, Chris Albertson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, you have to patch Kernels.  I think this is the #1 weakness of
> Linux CNC.   It would be good to eliminate the need for a real-time Kernal.
>    How?   Move the real-time parts to hardware such as the uP, PRU or Mesa
> FPGA.

The Mesa FPGA cards need updating in realtime. I think that the same
is true of the PRU.

There are existing controllers that run everything in a microprocessor
(GRBL for example)

If you just want a graphical front-end to feed G-code to a uP that
does all the motion planning then I don't think that LinuxCNC is a
good starting place.
Better to start with GRBL and write a thin layer GUI on top of that to
open files and display positions.

-- 
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


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