> On 06/13/2019 12:42 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > So how many hours of labour for you to create a completely functional > LinuxCNC with two parallel ports on 26 pin ribbon cable connectors that can > be swapped into existing BoBs? > > > > > Zero hours. There is Machinekit, which is a branch of > LinuxCNC, that runs on the Beagle Bone Black, and has done > so for something like 5 years. I make the CRAMPS board that > mounts up to 6 Pololu stepper drivers to it, and level > converts all the other I/O for it. So, a very compact > package and you just need to wire the motors, limit > switches, etc. to it, and provide a power supply. > > Jon > > I think I meant time to do this for a Raspberry Pi and LinuxCNC without using an Ethernet Mesa Card. Or maybe that's the only way to do it with a PI.
I have the Xylotex DB25/26 cape. Here's the Beagle from last year running part of my mill. https://youtu.be/9GF709ZfLRQ The screen handling is, at times a bit rough. http://pico-systems.com/osc2.5/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=1 But your CRAMPs board could be a model for a full CNC motherboard. John _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
