On Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 11:12:49 PM UTC+11, Jason Kridner wrote: > > I think we have to reliably enable hobby-class machines first. Now, some > people take hobby pretty far and I'm not trying to cap this off too small, > I just don't want to boil the oceans. I'd say if we can do a bit more than > what CRAMPS can do today, we should. > > Personally, I'd want to at least be able to handle the larger 3D printers, > smaller CNC mills and some pick-and-place machines. Looking around for some > open source ones where the controller could be swapped: > * Aleph Objects LulzBot Tax Pro > * SeeMeCNC Rostock Max v3 > * PocketNC V2 > * Charmhigh CHM-T36VA (not open source, but affordable and hackable) > * Lasersaur > > The desire for the above is mostly to be a vehicle for demonstrating > motion control in a familiar way. Something CRAMPS-like could largely serve > the above, though would need to be done regarding the price to make it > sufficiently attractive, perhaps bundling as a kit. > > *Getting to the standard DB25 seems like a required thing to be widely > usable in the community, no?* > > Hi Jason >> >> >> I've just found this discussion regarding a new cape for the BBB\BBAI for >> the hobby focused >> >> cnc community. >> >> A little background, so you know where I'm coming from, and what my >> biases are :P. >> >> I've been using Mach3 Hobby grade mills and lathes for not quite 20 years >> now. >> >> Three years ago I cnc'ed a 9 X 20 Lathe and was very happy with it's >> performance. >> >> Two years ago I made a AI tool changer for it. >> >> build blog here: https://cambamcnc.com/forum/index.php?topic=6844.0 >> >> The blog is a bit dated now and goes to MK6, I'm currently at MK8. Here >> is a video of it running on the bench >> > for the battery torture tests and AI detecting the tools.
> Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2_B-Vgblc&t=413s >> >> >> I'm here because, I'm working on the Linuxcnc version of the software and >> have a BBB >> >> with Machinekit installed, so that I can write a Linuxcnc component for >> it as well. >> >> >> I don't know if you are aware, but Centroid have a Beagle Bone Green >> powered Acorn >> >> CNC controller, and that board may be worth a look for some Ideas as it >> has some serious >> >> thought gone into it. >> >> >> A lot of the existing Hobby CNC installations I've seen have been as a >> general rule >> >> Mach3/4 or Linux cnc powered machines. either using the DB25 and a >> parallel port >> >> or with an external motion controller like for example a Smoothstepper or >> UCCNC UC100 >> >> 200,300 or 400. The UC stuff retrofits into existing systems people have >> very easily as they have >> >> a DB25 connector. All you do is plug them in and set the pins parameters >> ect. >> >> Hope this was useful. >> >> >> Dave >> > > > -- > 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/7b7a1aa3-7e6f-4ed8-998c-04f4d780625f%40googlegroups.com.
