*"Not sure how running on a x86 can be described as full of ambiguities compared to a BBB!"*I only meant that my experiences have mostly been with whatever old machine we could get our hands on, and there was rarely a concrete option. I see what you mean though, I was certainly a little naive to the eco-system in general.
*"look at the available mini ITX boards available like the J1900"*This is a great idea, thanks! On Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 11:45:31 PM UTC-8, Schooner wrote: > > > > On 18/01/2017 22:10, Oliver Rew wrote: > > Hi, I recently got very exciting about running my CNC from MachineKit on a > BBB, but after getting a BBB and a cape, my hopes were quickly deflated by > the lethargic performance of the GUI's on the BBB. I have tried > tkMachineKit and it is indeed faster, but is nowhere near the convenience > and speed of GMOCCAPY or AXIS running on a very old x86. > > Retrofitting old CNC's is a hobby of my father and myself, and my hope > with MachineKit on BBB was for a small, simple, drop-in system that didn't > require me to search for a big and old x86 box and deal with all it's > ambiguities in order to run LinuxCNC. However, these limitations on GUI's > have dashed my hopes. > > > Not sure how running on a x86 can be described as full of ambiguities > compared to a BBB! > > People have been doing it for years before the BBB was even made. > > A BBB feels slower than running on an old x86, because it is. > > I would suggest that you have a basic level rethink and look at the > available mini ITX boards available like the J1900, which are known to work > well and have 10x the processing power of a BBB, with inbuilt graphics that > work well. > > Some of the fanless ones take a 12v supply and can quite easily be built > into a controller head for instance. > > > I have attempted to research the underlying problems with the GUI, but > these discussion quickly go beyond my knowledge. As far as I can tell, it > mostly has to do with the 3D g-code preview window and the graphics driver > behind it. Is the problem that the driver doesn't run well on the BBB, or > that any sort of 3D g-code simulation is too process intensive for the BBB? > People have said disabling the g-code simulation does increase speed > significantly, but g-code simulation is a standard feature on most CNC > softwares and is very handy for the end user. > > Are there any current, more feature-rich GUI's that work well on the BBB? > Are there any in development? > > Thanks! > > -- > website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: > https://github.com/machinekit > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Machinekit" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to machinekit+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
