A google search brings this up. http://blog.machinekit.io/p/hardware-capes.html
I believe this one is still available. http://xylotex.netfirms.com/OSCommerce/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=146&osCsid=b1c8a413d99cd8dd006bc517f67c18cb I have the older one. I would have used the Beagle for my Mill but the enabling wiring was backwards for NC limit switches IIRC. And ultimately for me, not enough I/O. I'm a big proponent of using a Break Out Board (BoB) for the interface between whatever automation system you choose and the physical hardware. It generally provides the terminal strips and often the buffering and a DB-25 or 26 pin header (or two) out to the control system. So at the moment, I could plug my BBB with Xylotex cape and MachineKit into the BoB and run the system. I can connect with the Parallel Port on the PC and then dual boot windows with MACH3 or LinuxCNC and evaluate behaviours. Or taking it one step further, using an Ethernet connected MESA 7i92H and LinuxCNC running on either the PC or a Raspberry Pi4. Sadly MESA has never interfaced to even the Windows newer MACH4 so an Ethernet SmoothStepper would be required for that. And it's about twice the price of the MESA board. So the questions to ask yourself are: 1. Beagle ($43) + Xylotex cape ($25) and still some sort of BoB (MachineKit) 2. Raspberry Pi4 with 2GB ($49) + MESA 7i92H ($89) and still some sort of BoB (LinuxCNC) Without a doubt the Beagle approach is cheaper until you factor in two parallel port connections with the MESA and only one with BBB. John > -----Original Message----- > From: marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk > [mailto:marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk] > Sent: December-12-20 11:38 AM > To: EnhancedController > Subject: [Emc-users] Beaglebone and MachineKit > > John (or anyone else), > > Is there a 'cape' currently available to suit the Beaglebone Black > running MachineKit or LinuxCNC? > I know there used to be a cape specifically for that purpose, but it has > been out of production for some time. > I have a Beaglebone I would like to press into service running either > LinuxCNC or MachineKit. > Are images available for both? > > Marcus > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
