The HIWIN AC drive manual mentioned recently in another thread begins with a couple fascinating cautions.
* Do not dismantle or modify the product. * Before installing or using the product, check the external appearance. * Do not try to repair any product malfunctions. If we applied this thinking to EMC... pardon me, LCNC we would do nothing at all with it. EMC was an experiment by the NIST. (National Institute of Standards and Technology) It moved into the open when Matt Shaver asked NIST if their stuff was open source. At that point Matt was a NOOB, as was John Elson and Dan Falck soon after. I'm probably misquoting Robert Heinlein, but he taught me that, "We learn from mistakes, if we learn at all." So let's rejoice in our civil NOOBS, and ignore the less than civil ones... help when we are able. and take pleasure in LCNC and those who enjoy it. I remember watching a German built 6 axis mini hexapod, half the size of a sheet of paper jumping around on Till's desk. The EMC was running on an old 486 processor. Damn that was thrilling. Ray > I remember when Tormach started, they were supplying cnc machines loaded > with Mach 3, they decided to go a different route as their product range > increased. > > To quote part of their description: > > "If it's available, it's included. We eliminated the headaches of costly > upgrades or a al carte pricing that holds advanced features behind a > paywall." > > The nice thing about this is it is open source, you can get hold of it for > no cost and, if you are a geek, you can take a look at how it was all put > together. Nice! Modify it also if you want. Nice! > > Try doing that with a Windows based commercial system. > > Martin _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
