Re: [Emc-users] Classic ladder questions and comments

2012-02-08 Thread sam sokolik
I did a bit more testing on 2 different machines.  The atom 330 dual 
core and a asus/amd similar to what is in the K&T

This is the atom
http://pastebin.com/VMZDVrjc
http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atom/Screenshot-1.png

The more powerful amd system
http://pastebin.com/aGUGPvwv
http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/asus/Screenshot.png

Maybe is  is just simply a cpu processing power thing..   I don't really 
think though that that ladder is that complicated or long..  (compared 
to real world ladder programs).

sam

On 02/06/2012 11:38 PM, Chris Morley wrote:
> so on the first computer it scans at 135 useconds on a 1ms thread speed
> and you could actually set it to a .2us thread speed?
>
> on the second what is the scan time on a 1.1 ms thread speed?
>
> I'm a little confused.
> please clearly state the facts again and try to use the same unit so 
> comparison is easier.
> It hurts my head to compare micoseconds to nanoseconds to kilohertz.
>
> :)
>
> Chris M
>
>> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:42:08 -0600
>> From: sa...@empirescreen.com
>> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Classic ladder questions and comments
>>
>> Thanks for looking.  (I am not that technical though..)  The bit of
>> ladder I have seems to be taking longer than 1ms though. (on this
>> atom330 board)
>>
>> sam
>>
>> On 02/06/2012 06:02 PM, Chris Morley wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:05:02 -0600
>>>>sam sokolik   wrote:
>>>>> All this talk of lowering the servo thread had me thinking back to when
>>>>> I was setting up the K&T.  I wanted to try to lower the servo thread for
>>>>> testing.  I could not go much slower the the 1ms default or I would get
>>>>> real time delays.  After some consultation on irc - it was decided that
>>>>> the ladder was the issue.  I gave up and left my servo thread at 1ms.
>>>>>
>>>>> My ladder does tool chain logic, tool changing, pallet transfer and a
>>>>> few other odds and ends.  It has probably over 16 sections and quite a
>>>>> few rungs.  when the section display is open - the upper right hand
>>>>> corner has the scan time - it is 135us.   vs the classic ladder sample
>>>>> in the sample configs (pretty much just estop logic and oiling) which
>>>>> runs in 17us.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a older atom330 board here that I am playing with.  On a side
>>>>> note - here is the latency test without isolcups=1
>>>>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomnonisolcups.png
>>>>>
>>>>> with isolcups=1
>>>>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomisolcpus.png
>>>>>
>>>>> I put the classic ladder parts into the emc stepper_inch config from the
>>>>> sample configs (emc version 2.4.6) fresh install from the livecd then
>>>>> updated.  I removed the base thread and stepgen functions from the 
>>>>> threads.
>>>>>
>>>>> here is the config.
>>>>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/stepper/
>>>>> that has my ladder in it (just running - none of the pins are
>>>>> connected)  This is ladder from sometime in the distant past - I am sure
>>>>> it isn't the latest ladder.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now - on this atom - it will not run at 1ms.  It seems to run at
>>>>> .909khz.  (servo period 110)  The K&T is using a asus motherboard
>>>>> and amd processor.  (don't remember exactly but it is quite a bit more
>>>>> powerful than the atom)  The atom board will run the sample ladder logic
>>>>> down to about 5khz.
>>>>>
>>>>> So - the ladder isn't that intense - does classic ladder just take that
>>>>> much time? Is there another issue?  am I making any sense?  :)  It seems
>>>>> to me if I made a much larger ladder - it might stop running on the K&T
>>>>> computer...
>>>>>
>>>>> sam
>>>>>
>>> from the source file module_hal.c:
>>>
>>> void HalWriteFloatOutputs(void) {
>>>   int i;
>>>   for( i=0; 
>>> iGeneralParams.SizesInfos.nbr_phys_float_outputs; i++) {
>>>   *(hal_float_outputs[i]) = ReadVar(VAR_PHYS_FLOAT_OUTPUT, i);
>>>   }
>>> }
>>> // This actually does the magic of per

Re: [Emc-users] Classic ladder questions and comments

2012-02-06 Thread Chris Morley

so on the first computer it scans at 135 useconds on a 1ms thread speed
and you could actually set it to a .2us thread speed?

on the second what is the scan time on a 1.1 ms thread speed?

I'm a little confused.
please clearly state the facts again and try to use the same unit so comparison 
is easier.
It hurts my head to compare micoseconds to nanoseconds to kilohertz.

:)

Chris M 

> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:42:08 -0600
> From: sa...@empirescreen.com
> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Classic ladder questions and comments
> 
> Thanks for looking.  (I am not that technical though..)  The bit of 
> ladder I have seems to be taking longer than 1ms though. (on this 
> atom330 board)
> 
> sam
> 
> On 02/06/2012 06:02 PM, Chris Morley wrote:
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:05:02 -0600
> >>   sam sokolik  wrote:
> >>> All this talk of lowering the servo thread had me thinking back to when
> >>> I was setting up the K&T.  I wanted to try to lower the servo thread for
> >>> testing.  I could not go much slower the the 1ms default or I would get
> >>> real time delays.  After some consultation on irc - it was decided that
> >>> the ladder was the issue.  I gave up and left my servo thread at 1ms.
> >>>
> >>> My ladder does tool chain logic, tool changing, pallet transfer and a
> >>> few other odds and ends.  It has probably over 16 sections and quite a
> >>> few rungs.  when the section display is open - the upper right hand
> >>> corner has the scan time - it is 135us.   vs the classic ladder sample
> >>> in the sample configs (pretty much just estop logic and oiling) which
> >>> runs in 17us.
> >>>
> >>> I have a older atom330 board here that I am playing with.  On a side
> >>> note - here is the latency test without isolcups=1
> >>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomnonisolcups.png
> >>>
> >>> with isolcups=1
> >>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomisolcpus.png
> >>>
> >>> I put the classic ladder parts into the emc stepper_inch config from the
> >>> sample configs (emc version 2.4.6) fresh install from the livecd then
> >>> updated.  I removed the base thread and stepgen functions from the 
> >>> threads.
> >>>
> >>> here is the config.
> >>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/stepper/
> >>> that has my ladder in it (just running - none of the pins are
> >>> connected)  This is ladder from sometime in the distant past - I am sure
> >>> it isn't the latest ladder.
> >>>
> >>> Now - on this atom - it will not run at 1ms.  It seems to run at
> >>> .909khz.  (servo period 110)  The K&T is using a asus motherboard
> >>> and amd processor.  (don't remember exactly but it is quite a bit more
> >>> powerful than the atom)  The atom board will run the sample ladder logic
> >>> down to about 5khz.
> >>>
> >>> So - the ladder isn't that intense - does classic ladder just take that
> >>> much time? Is there another issue?  am I making any sense?  :)  It seems
> >>> to me if I made a much larger ladder - it might stop running on the K&T
> >>> computer...
> >>>
> >>> sam
> >>>
> > from the source file module_hal.c:
> >
> > void HalWriteFloatOutputs(void) {
> >  int i;
> >  for( i=0; 
> > iGeneralParams.SizesInfos.nbr_phys_float_outputs; i++) {
> >  *(hal_float_outputs[i]) = ReadVar(VAR_PHYS_FLOAT_OUTPUT, i);
> >  }
> > }
> > // This actually does the magic of periodic refresh of pins and
> > // calculations. This function runs at the period rate of the thread
> > // that you added it to.
> > // period, leftover, t0,and t1 are in nanoseconds.
> > // This function first checks to see if at least 1 millisecond has gone by
> > // if the period is under 1 MS then if will not refresh rungs yet but
> > // will keep track of how many NS were left over. Does this each period
> > // till at least 1 MS has occured, if more then 1 MS then keeps track of
> > // leftover NS for accuracy. Bottom line is you can run classiclader in
> > // a thread faster than 1 millisecond but it will not refresh the rungs
> > // any faster (it can be slower though). If your refresh is too slow and
> > // your timer are using multiples of 10

Re: [Emc-users] Classic ladder questions and comments

2012-02-06 Thread sam sokolik
Thanks for looking.  (I am not that technical though..)  The bit of 
ladder I have seems to be taking longer than 1ms though. (on this 
atom330 board)

sam

On 02/06/2012 06:02 PM, Chris Morley wrote:
>
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:05:02 -0600
>>   sam sokolik  wrote:
>>> All this talk of lowering the servo thread had me thinking back to when
>>> I was setting up the K&T.  I wanted to try to lower the servo thread for
>>> testing.  I could not go much slower the the 1ms default or I would get
>>> real time delays.  After some consultation on irc - it was decided that
>>> the ladder was the issue.  I gave up and left my servo thread at 1ms.
>>>
>>> My ladder does tool chain logic, tool changing, pallet transfer and a
>>> few other odds and ends.  It has probably over 16 sections and quite a
>>> few rungs.  when the section display is open - the upper right hand
>>> corner has the scan time - it is 135us.   vs the classic ladder sample
>>> in the sample configs (pretty much just estop logic and oiling) which
>>> runs in 17us.
>>>
>>> I have a older atom330 board here that I am playing with.  On a side
>>> note - here is the latency test without isolcups=1
>>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomnonisolcups.png
>>>
>>> with isolcups=1
>>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomisolcpus.png
>>>
>>> I put the classic ladder parts into the emc stepper_inch config from the
>>> sample configs (emc version 2.4.6) fresh install from the livecd then
>>> updated.  I removed the base thread and stepgen functions from the threads.
>>>
>>> here is the config.
>>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/stepper/
>>> that has my ladder in it (just running - none of the pins are
>>> connected)  This is ladder from sometime in the distant past - I am sure
>>> it isn't the latest ladder.
>>>
>>> Now - on this atom - it will not run at 1ms.  It seems to run at
>>> .909khz.  (servo period 110)  The K&T is using a asus motherboard
>>> and amd processor.  (don't remember exactly but it is quite a bit more
>>> powerful than the atom)  The atom board will run the sample ladder logic
>>> down to about 5khz.
>>>
>>> So - the ladder isn't that intense - does classic ladder just take that
>>> much time? Is there another issue?  am I making any sense?  :)  It seems
>>> to me if I made a much larger ladder - it might stop running on the K&T
>>> computer...
>>>
>>> sam
>>>
> from the source file module_hal.c:
>
> void HalWriteFloatOutputs(void) {
>  int i;
>  for( i=0; iGeneralParams.SizesInfos.nbr_phys_float_outputs; 
> i++) {
>  *(hal_float_outputs[i]) = ReadVar(VAR_PHYS_FLOAT_OUTPUT, i);
>  }
> }
> // This actually does the magic of periodic refresh of pins and
> // calculations. This function runs at the period rate of the thread
> // that you added it to.
> // period, leftover, t0,and t1 are in nanoseconds.
> // This function first checks to see if at least 1 millisecond has gone by
> // if the period is under 1 MS then if will not refresh rungs yet but
> // will keep track of how many NS were left over. Does this each period
> // till at least 1 MS has occured, if more then 1 MS then keeps track of
> // leftover NS for accuracy. Bottom line is you can run classiclader in
> // a thread faster than 1 millisecond but it will not refresh the rungs
> // any faster (it can be slower though). If your refresh is too slow and
> // your timer are using multiples of 100 microseconds they might not be 
> accurate.
> // t0 and t1 are for keeping track of how long the refresh of sections,
> // and HAL pins take (it is displayed in the 'section display' GUI (in 
> microseconds).
>
> static void hal_task(void *arg, long period) {
>  unsigned long t0, t1,milliseconds;
>   static unsigned long leftover=0;
>   leftover += period;
>   milliseconds= leftover / 100;
>  leftover %= 100;
>
>  if (milliseconds>= 1) {
>  InfosGene->GeneralParams.PeriodicRefreshMilliSecs=milliseconds;
>  *hal_state = InfosGene->LadderState;
>  t0 = rtapi_get_time();
>  if (InfosGene->LadderState==STATE_RUN)
>  {
>  HalReadPhysicalInputs();
>
>  HalReads32Inputs();
>
>  HalReadFloatInputs();
>
>  ClassicLadder_RefreshAllSections();
>
>  HalWritePhysicalOutputs();
>
>  HalWrites32Outputs();
>
>  HalWriteFloatOutputs();
>  }
>t1 = rtapi_get_time();
>   InfosGene->DurationOfLastScan = t1 - t0;
>  }
> }
>
> later the duration of scan (in nano seconds) is divide by 1000 to display 
> micro seconds
> which fit better in the display.
>
> I believe the idea of limiting the minimum refresh to 1 millisecond is so it 
> is difficult
> to set a refresh rate that is shorter then the duration rate.
>
> Maybe there is a better idea?
>
> Chris M
>

Re: [Emc-users] Classic ladder questions and comments

2012-02-06 Thread Chris Morley



> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:05:02 -0600
>  sam sokolik  wrote:
> > All this talk of lowering the servo thread had me thinking back to when 
> > I was setting up the K&T.  I wanted to try to lower the servo thread for 
> > testing.  I could not go much slower the the 1ms default or I would get 
> > real time delays.  After some consultation on irc - it was decided that 
> > the ladder was the issue.  I gave up and left my servo thread at 1ms.
> > 
> > My ladder does tool chain logic, tool changing, pallet transfer and a 
> > few other odds and ends.  It has probably over 16 sections and quite a 
> > few rungs.  when the section display is open - the upper right hand 
> > corner has the scan time - it is 135us.   vs the classic ladder sample 
> > in the sample configs (pretty much just estop logic and oiling) which 
> > runs in 17us.
> > 
> > I have a older atom330 board here that I am playing with.  On a side 
> > note - here is the latency test without isolcups=1
> > http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomnonisolcups.png
> > 
> > with isolcups=1
> > http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomisolcpus.png
> > 
> > I put the classic ladder parts into the emc stepper_inch config from the 
> > sample configs (emc version 2.4.6) fresh install from the livecd then 
> > updated.  I removed the base thread and stepgen functions from the threads.
> > 
> > here is the config.
> > http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/stepper/
> > that has my ladder in it (just running - none of the pins are 
> > connected)  This is ladder from sometime in the distant past - I am sure 
> > it isn't the latest ladder.
> > 
> > Now - on this atom - it will not run at 1ms.  It seems to run at 
> > .909khz.  (servo period 110)  The K&T is using a asus motherboard 
> > and amd processor.  (don't remember exactly but it is quite a bit more 
> > powerful than the atom)  The atom board will run the sample ladder logic 
> > down to about 5khz.
> > 
> > So - the ladder isn't that intense - does classic ladder just take that 
> > much time? Is there another issue?  am I making any sense?  :)  It seems 
> > to me if I made a much larger ladder - it might stop running on the K&T 
> > computer...
> > 
> > sam
> > 

from the source file module_hal.c:

void HalWriteFloatOutputs(void) {
int i;
for( i=0; iGeneralParams.SizesInfos.nbr_phys_float_outputs; 
i++) {
*(hal_float_outputs[i]) = ReadVar(VAR_PHYS_FLOAT_OUTPUT, i);
}
}
// This actually does the magic of periodic refresh of pins and
// calculations. This function runs at the period rate of the thread
// that you added it to.
// period, leftover, t0,and t1 are in nanoseconds. 
// This function first checks to see if at least 1 millisecond has gone by
// if the period is under 1 MS then if will not refresh rungs yet but 
// will keep track of how many NS were left over. Does this each period
// till at least 1 MS has occured, if more then 1 MS then keeps track of
// leftover NS for accuracy. Bottom line is you can run classiclader in
// a thread faster than 1 millisecond but it will not refresh the rungs
// any faster (it can be slower though). If your refresh is too slow and 
// your timer are using multiples of 100 microseconds they might not be 
accurate.
// t0 and t1 are for keeping track of how long the refresh of sections, 
// and HAL pins take (it is displayed in the 'section display' GUI (in 
microseconds). 

static void hal_task(void *arg, long period) {
unsigned long t0, t1,milliseconds;
 static unsigned long leftover=0;
 leftover += period;
 milliseconds= leftover / 100;
leftover %= 100;

if (milliseconds >= 1) {
InfosGene->GeneralParams.PeriodicRefreshMilliSecs=milliseconds;
*hal_state = InfosGene->LadderState;
t0 = rtapi_get_time();
if (InfosGene->LadderState==STATE_RUN)
{
HalReadPhysicalInputs();

HalReads32Inputs();

HalReadFloatInputs();

ClassicLadder_RefreshAllSections();

HalWritePhysicalOutputs();

HalWrites32Outputs();

HalWriteFloatOutputs();
}
  t1 = rtapi_get_time();
 InfosGene->DurationOfLastScan = t1 - t0;
}
}

later the duration of scan (in nano seconds) is divide by 1000 to display micro 
seconds
which fit better in the display.

I believe the idea of limiting the minimum refresh to 1 millisecond is so it is 
difficult
to set a refresh rate that is shorter then the duration rate.

Maybe there is a better idea?

Chris M
  
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Re: [Emc-users] Classic ladder questions and comments

2012-02-06 Thread samco
here is a show...

 5  float OUT 0  axis.0.motor-pos-cmd ==> Xpos-cmd
 5  float IN  0  axis.0.motor-pos-fb <== Xpos-fb
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.0.neg-hard-limit
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 5  float OUT 0  axis.1.coarse-pos-cmd
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.1.error
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 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.1.faulted
 5  float OUT 0  axis.1.free-pos-cmd
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.1.free-tp-enable
 5  float OUT 0  axis.1.free-vel-lim
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.1.home-sw-in
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.1.homed
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.1.homing
 5  bit   OUT  TRUE  axis.1.in-position
 5  bit   I/O FALSE  axis.1.index-enable
 5  s32   IN  0  axis.1.jog-counts
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.1.jog-enable
 5  float IN  0  axis.1.jog-scale
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.1.jog-vel-mode
 5  float OUT 0  axis.1.joint-pos-cmd
 5  float OUT 0  axis.1.joint-pos-fb
 5  float OUT 0  axis.1.joint-vel-cmd
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.1.kb-jog-active
 5  float OUT 0  axis.1.motor-pos-cmd ==> Ypos-cmd
 5  float IN  0  axis.1.motor-pos-fb <== Ypos-fb
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.1.neg-hard-limit
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.1.neg-lim-sw-in
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.1.pos-hard-limit
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.1.pos-lim-sw-in
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.1.wheel-jog-active
 5  bit   OUT  TRUE  axis.2.active
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.amp-enable-out ==> Zen
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.2.amp-fault-in
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.backlash-corr
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.backlash-filt
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.backlash-vel
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.coarse-pos-cmd
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.error
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.f-error
 5  float OUT  0.01  axis.2.f-error-lim
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.f-errored
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.faulted
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.free-pos-cmd
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.free-tp-enable
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.free-vel-lim
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.2.home-sw-in
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.homed
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.homing
 5  bit   OUT  TRUE  axis.2.in-position
 5  bit   I/O FALSE  axis.2.index-enable
 5  s32   IN  0  axis.2.jog-counts
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.2.jog-enable
 5  float IN  0  axis.2.jog-scale
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.2.jog-vel-mode
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.joint-pos-cmd
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.joint-pos-fb
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.joint-vel-cmd
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.kb-jog-active
 5  float OUT 0  axis.2.motor-pos-cmd ==> Zpos-cmd
 5  float IN  0  axis.2.motor-pos-fb <== Zpos-fb
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.neg-hard-limit
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.2.neg-lim-sw-in
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.pos-hard-limit
 5  bit   IN  FALSE  axis.2.pos-lim-sw-in
 5  bit   OUT FALSE  axis.2.wheel-jog-active
 9  bit   OUT FALSE  axisui.jog.a
 9  bit   OUT FALSE  axisui.jog.b
 9  bit   OUT FALSE  axisui.jog.c
 9  float OUT 0  axisui.jog.increment
 9  bit   OUT FALSE  axisui.jog.u
 9  bit   OUT FALSE  axisui.jog.v
 9  bit   OUT FALSE  axisui.jog.w
 9  bit   OUT  TRUE  axisui.jog.x
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 9  bit   IN  FALSE  axisui.set-manual-mode
 7  float IN  0  classicladder.0.floatin-00
 7  float IN  0  classicladder.0.floatin-01
 7  float IN  

[Emc-users] Classic ladder questions and comments

2012-02-03 Thread sam sokolik
All this talk of lowering the servo thread had me thinking back to when 
I was setting up the K&T.  I wanted to try to lower the servo thread for 
testing.  I could not go much slower the the 1ms default or I would get 
real time delays.  After some consultation on irc - it was decided that 
the ladder was the issue.  I gave up and left my servo thread at 1ms.

My ladder does tool chain logic, tool changing, pallet transfer and a 
few other odds and ends.  It has probably over 16 sections and quite a 
few rungs.  when the section display is open - the upper right hand 
corner has the scan time - it is 135us.   vs the classic ladder sample 
in the sample configs (pretty much just estop logic and oiling) which 
runs in 17us.

I have a older atom330 board here that I am playing with.  On a side 
note - here is the latency test without isolcups=1
http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomnonisolcups.png

with isolcups=1
http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atomisolcpus.png

I put the classic ladder parts into the emc stepper_inch config from the 
sample configs (emc version 2.4.6) fresh install from the livecd then 
updated.  I removed the base thread and stepgen functions from the threads.

here is the config.
http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/stepper/
that has my ladder in it (just running - none of the pins are 
connected)  This is ladder from sometime in the distant past - I am sure 
it isn't the latest ladder.

Now - on this atom - it will not run at 1ms.  It seems to run at 
.909khz.  (servo period 110)  The K&T is using a asus motherboard 
and amd processor.  (don't remember exactly but it is quite a bit more 
powerful than the atom)  The atom board will run the sample ladder logic 
down to about 5khz.

So - the ladder isn't that intense - does classic ladder just take that 
much time? Is there another issue?  am I making any sense?  :)  It seems 
to me if I made a much larger ladder - it might stop running on the K&T 
computer...

sam



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