Re: [Emc-users] Has anyone done some jobs about porting EMC2 to ARM9 platforms ?

2011-11-20 Thread Bill Hill
Hi, I've got one of these boards and have wondered about using it as a controller. Porting EMC2 could be quite and effort, it's quite a low spec. board. The Mini6410 might be a more straightforward prospect. You'd need the display and touch screen to work in. And I don't know what the state of re

Re: [Emc-users] Has anyone done some jobs about porting EMC2 to ARM9 platforms ?

2011-11-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 20:56 -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > Kent A. Reed wrote: > > Well, I certainly never heard of this until now, and I spent a fair > > amount of time reading the docs when you were first talking about the > > Beagle Board. Now I don't feel so bad that some time ago I got tired of

Re: [Emc-users] Has anyone done some jobs about porting EMC2 to ARM9 platforms ?

2011-11-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 November 2011 22:25, Kirk Wallace wrote: > I wonder if another processor would be better? The System-on-chip > processors seem to have the same problems as common PC processors in > that they incorporate features to cater to media and Internet > applications. Maybe a server or DSP processor

[Emc-users] interesting lashup of Eagle CAD and Google SketchUp

2011-11-20 Thread Kent A. Reed
Gentle persons: It's been a few days since I got a chance to look at hackaday.com I found this entry from a few days ago http://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/eagleup-pulls-your-pcbs-into-sketchup/ The picture shows why you might want to try this if you use Eagle CAD to lay out PCBs. Regards, Kent

Re: [Emc-users] Has anyone done some jobs about porting EMC2 to ARM9 platforms ?

2011-11-20 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: > I wonder if another processor would be better? The System-on-chip > processors seem to have the same problems as common PC processors in > that they incorporate features to cater to media and Internet > applications. Maybe a server or DSP processor would be better? > > Well

Re: [Emc-users] Has anyone done some jobs about porting EMC2 to ARM9 platforms ?

2011-11-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 17:04 -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > Kirk Wallace wrote: > > I wonder if another processor would be better? The System-on-chip > > processors seem to have the same problems as common PC processors in > > that they incorporate features to cater to media and Internet > > applications

Re: [Emc-users] tool changer question

2011-11-20 Thread dave
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:06:54 +0330 Farzin Kamangar wrote: > Hello, dear EMC users; > Considering the tool changing process, is there a way to send > some movement commands from PLC to CNC? > I have entered the TOOL_CHANGE_POSITION and TOOL_CHANGE_QUILL_UP in > the INI file and in the EMCIO

Re: [Emc-users] Has anyone done some jobs about porting EMC2 to ARM9 platforms ?

2011-11-20 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: > I seem to recall the ARM chips had a cache between the core and the I/O > buss. I browsed some links to the Blackfin chips and wonder if this link > indicates a more direct link between the core and the PPI and other I/O? > http://www.analog.com/en/processors-dsp/blackfin/adsp

Re: [Emc-users] tool changer question

2011-11-20 Thread Jon Elson
dave wrote: > > > Some years ago a group of emcer's converted a Mazak V5 to emc. Lots of > information is available in the wiki, logs, logic, etc but I cannot > find an entry on the classicladder code (for tool change), etc. Maybe > someone else can help here. > Every EMC2 install should have t