[Emc-users] hal - data flow

2012-11-15 Thread Klemen Dovrtel
Hello everybody,   I would like to make a parallel port demux to transfer data from fpga. I wrote a simple hal component that has one data input signal and 3 select input signals. And another hal component, a simple binary counter that increment the output binary signal every base-thread period.

Re: [Emc-users] Floating plasma torch - asking to share experience

2012-11-15 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Nov 13, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2012/11/13 Peter C. Wallace : >> >> You can sense ferror or PID output (on a torque mode drive) >> on a voltage mode drive like the 7I39, ferror (and a slow move >> against a resiliant stop) is probably the best route for >> "switchless" limit

[Emc-users] Laser Intensity from Z Value?

2012-11-15 Thread Jeshua Lacock
Greetings, I was thinking of controlling my CO2 laser intensity using the Z value in the G-Code. Maybe I could use 0-1 for 0% to 100% percent, or perhaps 0-255. I have a Pico Systems DAC board that outputs 0-5 volts that in turn will control the laser power from 0 to 100%. Can anyone suggest

Re: [Emc-users] Differential signal from encoders

2012-11-15 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Nov 13, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > I somehow had skipped the fact that encoders on servos have > differential signal output, but 7i39 cards expect single-ended signal. > Since that is plasma machine with all the noise from plasma, I do not > think that using only half of the dif

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 November 2012 17:31:52 Ralph Stirling did opine: > The AS5306 gives an index pulse every 2.4mm (pole pitch > of the magnetic strip). This is unlikely to be useful in most > of our applications. Any type of real index you will have to > supply separately. > > -- Ralph I see, than

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 November 2012 20:18, Gene Heskett wrote: > Not quite Andy, this kit is missing the index pulse wiring. Index is of limited use on a linear encoder anyway, I suspect. I have a number of magnetic crank position wheels in my desk at work, I really ought to start experimenting. -- atp If yo

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread kqt4at5v
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 15 November 2012 15:00:09 Richard Ray did opine: > >> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, andy pugh wrote: >>> On 15 November 2012 19:13, wrote: How might I connect this, or something similar, via a parallel port inexpensively, no MESA, to provid

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Ralph Stirling
The AS5306 gives an index pulse every 2.4mm (pole pitch of the magnetic strip). This is unlikely to be useful in most of our applications. Any type of real index you will have to supply separately. -- Ralph From: Gene Heskett [ghesk...@wdtv.com] Sent: Thu

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 November 2012 15:17:28 andy pugh did opine: > On 15 November 2012 19:36, Richard Ray wrote: > > The "this" above was suposed to be http://wiki.makerbot.com/mle > > Had a brain fart > > So, you need to connect it to the parallel port then run an encoder HAL > module. That appears t

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 November 2012 15:00:09 Richard Ray did opine: > On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, andy pugh wrote: > > On 15 November 2012 19:13, wrote: > >> How might I connect this, or something similar, via a parallel port > >> inexpensively, no MESA, to provide feedback for a stepper all running > >> linu

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Richard Ray
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, andy pugh wrote: > On 15 November 2012 19:36, Richard Ray wrote: > >> The "this" above was suposed to be http://wiki.makerbot.com/mle >> Had a brain fart > > So, you need to connect it to the parallel port then run an encoder HAL > module. > That appears to be all there is t

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Richard Ray
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Ralph Stirling wrote: > The AS5306 magnetic encoder module A and B outputs > will certainly connect to the the parallel port fine. You > can configure Hal to do quadrature decoding from the > parallel port, but your linear stage can't go very fast. > The AS5306 has 40 pulses

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 November 2012 19:36, Richard Ray wrote: > The "this" above was suposed to be http://wiki.makerbot.com/mle > Had a brain fart So, you need to connect it to the parallel port then run an encoder HAL module. That appears to be all there is to it. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Ralph Stirling
The AS5306 magnetic encoder module A and B outputs will certainly connect to the the parallel port fine. You can configure Hal to do quadrature decoding from the parallel port, but your linear stage can't go very fast. The AS5306 has 40 pulses / 2.4mm = 16.7 pulses/mm. If I recall correctly, Linux

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Richard Ray
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, andy pugh wrote: > On 15 November 2012 19:13, wrote: >> How might I connect this, or something similar, via a parallel port >> inexpensively, no MESA, to provide feedback for a stepper all running >> linuxcnc > > Is it quadrature output? > Yes The "this" above was suposed t

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 November 2012 19:13, wrote: > How might I connect this, or something similar, via a parallel port > inexpensively, no MESA, to provide feedback for a stepper all running > linuxcnc Is it quadrature output? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ---

[Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread kqt4at5v
How might I connect this, or something similar, via a parallel port inexpensively, no MESA, to provide feedback for a stepper all running linuxcnc Richard -- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc 3 development whiteboard wiki page

2012-11-15 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, infinite (or 1000 lines) should be the default set up - only if the program/job requires a different (exact stop?) should the mode be chosen - preferably by g code but maybe some other method (switch/button or config file) thanks Stuart just my -- dos centavos -

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc 3 development whiteboard wiki page

2012-11-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 November 2012 14:27, jeremy youngs wrote: > does lcnc not already have infinite lookahead? In some ways, yes. In the ways that matter, no. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ---

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc 3 development whiteboard wiki page

2012-11-15 Thread jeremy youngs
does lcnc not already have infinite lookahead? -- jeremy youngs -- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, clou

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc 3 development whiteboard wiki page

2012-11-15 Thread Todd Zuercher
I am not sure how to add this to the wiki, and I don't realy have the time to spend figuring it out. One thing I would like to see is an option to remove the stop at end of next line limit and read ahead more lines. Make it be able to stop by the end of the last line read, or the end of the c

Re: [Emc-users] [Emc-developers] linuxcnc 3 development whiteboard wiki page

2012-11-15 Thread Lars Kruse
Hi, > I am sorry, but I have difficulties finding that wiki page. Chris, any > chance for a link? Thanks! this should be the one: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Lncnc_3_Idea_Whiteboard It is the first entry in "Recent Changes": http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RecentChanges Che

Re: [Emc-users] [Emc-developers] linuxcnc 3 development whiteboard wiki page

2012-11-15 Thread Viesturs Lācis
I am sorry, but I have difficulties finding that wiki page. Chris, any chance for a link? Thanks! Viesturs 2012/11/15 Chris Morley : > > I started a wiki page as a reference / scratch pad of ideas for linuxcnc 3. > It would be best to add your two cents here so things are not forgotten > and are