> On 20 Jan 2017, at 00:51, Oliver Rew <rewsif...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "I've used a couple of J1900 motherboards and they work great. Together with > a 5i25/6i26 + 7i76 mesa card" > > Which J1900 motherboard did you use with the 5i25? The only one I saw on > newegg with a full PCI slow is the quad-core version(as I understand it, this > is undesirable for LinuxCNC). Thanks!
I’m not sure I understand your last remark re. quad core version. I’ve used a gigabyte board (but there are other brands too) and built myself a PC around that. That was a hassle. http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4918#ov More recently I purchased one from logic supply and combined that with a 6i25+7i76 mesa cars http://www.logicsupply.com/nl-nl/mc600-10/ > > On Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 12:31:42 AM UTC-8, Bas de Bruijn wrote: > > > On 19 Jan 2017, at 08:45, "schoo...@btinternet.com <javascript:>" > <schoo...@btinternet.com <javascript:>> 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. > > I've used a couple of J1900 motherboards and they work great. Together with a > 5i25/6i26 + 7i76 mesa card. > >> >> 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? > > Have a look at the remote GUI capabilities of qtquickvcp and Cetus. > >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> website: http://www.machinekit.io <http://www.machinekit.io/> blog: >>> http://blog.machinekit.io <http://blog.machinekit.io/> github: >>> https://github.com/machinekit <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 >>> <https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> website: http://www.machinekit.io <http://www.machinekit.io/> blog: >> http://blog.machinekit.io <http://blog.machinekit.io/> github: >> https://github.com/machinekit <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 >> <https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > website: http://www.machinekit.io <http://www.machinekit.io/> blog: > http://blog.machinekit.io <http://blog.machinekit.io/> github: > https://github.com/machinekit <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 > <mailto:machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit > <https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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. 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