Me too. A closer look at the fine print and selecting the correct button shows the actual CNC controller is $513 or $541 for 3 or 4 axis respectively. The MPG is priced separately at $96.
And this is why a BBB with a cape that included a Break Out Board with a few relays etc. for under $100 would be quite the bargain. The question is then what sort of display would be good. And you still need some sort of MPG to go with it for also about $100. For $94 I can get, from amazon.ca a 7inch HDMI LCD (H) 1024x600 Monitor IPS Screen Capacitive Touch Display Supports Raspberry Pi Jetson Nano BeagleBone Black Banana Pi & Microsoft XBOX360, Sony PS4,Nintendo Switch And therein lies the problem. Creating something similar to the $500 Chinese CNC controllers with touch screen will ultimately cost in the same $500 range. But unless the MachineKit or LinuxCNC version is stable with a target life similar to the life of the machine tool no one will spend the energy and time to make that. The market isn't big enough to justify the work required. Which is why so many of the Beagle Capes are no longer available. Next week there's an new ESP32 with more bells and whistles. Won't do what the Beagle does but ... John > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Dobbins [mailto:tu...@hotmail.com] > Sent: August 5, 2023 11:44 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone black latency > > It makes me wonder which operating system they put on that Chinese > controller, and what motion control system. > > Martin > > ________________________________ > From: John Dammeyer > Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 7:41 PM > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' <emc- > us...@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone black latency > > My biggest issue with the Xylotex BBB Cape for CNC was that the logic for > ESTOP was inverted. ESTOP was a N/O switch so if a wire was broken you > wouldn't find out until you tried to save a body part from being injured with > the ESTOP. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
