I doubt you'd want any kind of motor drivers on the board. The board would have logic level outputs only and would interface to industry-standard motor drivers that run off step/direction or 0 to 10 volts or even Ethercat.
This is where the board gets larger and expensive as it would need to support 3 or 5 different kinds of interfaces for 5 or 6 axis. But the hope is that mas producing one PCB is cheaper than making five different variation Also,... If these are a true "Open Source" design then we users would send the Geber file to a PCB fab in China and have 3 to 5 PCBs made then solder down only the parts we need. Those only using step/direction woud not bother to buy or solder down the analog or Ethercat chips. and connectors. On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 12:19 PM Mala Dies <fun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I erased my last message. I think my last message was just reaching out. > Here: > > > - What are we talking about in regards to the power consumption of the > available wattage? > - 125w > - 150w > - 175w > - etc... > - I am asking b/c some motors will drive that much wattage by > themselves. > - I am missing something as usual. > - Would we power the board, AI, separately? > - Are the pins already available on the AI for use without .dts > files? > - If not, can we expect a config-pin source to work in the > future? > - Or, are we going to have to deal with EEPROM already > "registered?" > > I have these subtle questions because I am all in on this idea. I do not > care for the AI handling the GUI. I would rather my chromebook or laptop > handle it. > > Can I expect to handle more than three, 100w brushless stepper motors? > > Seth > > P.S. I will have a million more questions available by the time I post > next. I am being nosey on purpose. I want to know things. I especially want > to know what type of motors I can handle on this Cape. Are people already > handling design, a wiki, and/or status updates on this venture? > > > > > > >> Seeed is looking to not only build a Machinekit-focused Cape for >> BeagleBone Black and BeagleBone AI, but to: >> * Take in features and feedback from the community >> * Contribute the design to open source and certify it as such >> * Manufacture the design under the BeagleBoard.org name to support the >> BeagleBoard.org Foundation and community >> * Help assemble and provide software images configured for an open source >> 3D printer and CNC machine (with BeagleBoard.org and community guidance and >> support) >> * Offer a collection of additional accessories which might commonly be >> needed >> >> I am very excited about this because I know Seeed cares about open >> hardware and also knows how to deliver solutions reliably and cost >> effectively. >> >> So, what are your ideas about where to start on such a cape? >> -- >> https://beagleboard.org/about >> > > On Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 8:38:53 AM UTC-5, Jason Kridner wrote: >> >> Seeed is looking to not only build a Machinekit-focused Cape for >> BeagleBone Black and BeagleBone AI, but to: >> * Take in features and feedback from the community >> * Contribute the design to open source and certify it as such >> * Manufacture the design under the BeagleBoard.org name to support the >> BeagleBoard.org Foundation and community >> * Help assemble and provide software images configured for an open source >> 3D printer and CNC machine (with BeagleBoard.org and community guidance and >> support) >> * Offer a collection of additional accessories which might commonly be >> needed >> >> I am very excited about this because I know Seeed cares about open >> hardware and also knows how to deliver solutions reliably and cost >> effectively. >> >> So, what are your ideas about where to start on such a cape? >> -- >> https://beagleboard.org/about >> > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/machinekit/73cb20b7-83ba-4b8f-a629-3127cb5d16bf%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/machinekit/73cb20b7-83ba-4b8f-a629-3127cb5d16bf%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/machinekit/CABbxVHth%2BtWCuugNGanUbn_HaAQPtyakAPv3J02R%3D181Ntog6w%40mail.gmail.com.
