> -----Original Message----- > From: bari [mailto:bari00...@gmail.com] > Sent: June-16-19 11:22 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Processor > > On 6/16/19 1:09 PM, andy pugh wrote: > > I don't think that you can use the Pi Ethernet for LinuxCNC as it is on the > > USB bus. (I might be wrong about one ot both of these points) > > > > Machinekit has the hal_gpio driver for Pi GPIO: > > > https://github.com/machinekit/machinekit/blob/master/src/hal/drivers/ha > l_gpio.c > > > > And I was actually surprised that that wasn't in LinuxCNC. > > Looking through the code they seem to also have similar drivers for the > > Orange Pi, CHIP and a few other boards. > > The Orange and Banana Pi's use ARM SOC's with integrated Ethernet > controllers vs the Rpi with the Ethernet controller on USB. > > With the open Mali drivers we can have accelerated 2D/3D as well now and > use the Mesa cards over Ethernet. Some of the Banana pi's also have PCIe > as a third option (SPI, Ethernet, PCIe) to connect to Mesa FPGA cards. >
As far as I can see the only reason to consider a Pi, especially with the lower number of I/O available is because it's got better video compared to a Beagle. Otherwise why even bother? John _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
