Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 at 21:49, Andy Pugh wrote: > No, the Pi4 makes no sense as a machine controller. I meant, of course, that the Pi400 makes no sense. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 January 2021 16:49:54 Andy Pugh wrote: > > On 18 Jan 2021, at 21:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > But that isn't possible if the pi is a pi400 I assume? Too much > > plastic in the way. :( That, and a $4 chomerics style keyboard > > scares me. The pi400 may fill a market niche, but

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread Rod Webster
>No, the Pi4 makes no sense as a machine controller. I got it to be a LinuxCNC dev environment that I can toss in my suitcase when I travel and plug in to the hotel TV Hmm, last night I installed the Linuxcnc dev environment on my Chromebook now it supports Linux in a container using Debinan

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 18 Jan 2021, at 21:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But that isn't possible if the pi is a pi400 I assume? Too much plastic > in the way. :( That, and a $4 chomerics style keyboard scares me. The > pi400 may fill a market niche, but I don't think we are "that" market. No, the Pi4 makes

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 January 2021 15:26:01 andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 at 20:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Thats much better Peter, but how long can the cable be? > > Zero (units) > > The Pi plugs straight in to the board. But that isn't possible if the pi is a pi400 I assume? Too much

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 18 Jan 2021, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:22:12 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: EMC developers To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support? On Monday 18 January 2021 14:05:19 Peter C. Wallace wrote: On Sun, 17 Jan

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 at 20:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > Thats much better Peter, but how long can the cable be? Zero (units) The Pi plugs straight in to the board. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses,

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 January 2021 14:05:19 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jan 2021, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > URL to buy one, maybe more? Found it, too much usefull i/o has > > disappeared, so I'm not that interested. I am using all 4

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 17 Jan 2021, Gene Heskett wrote: URL to buy one, maybe more? Found it, too much usefull i/o has disappeared, so I'm not that interested. I am using all 4 usb jacks + spi at 40 megabit write and 25 megabit reads, but I suspect