Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 10 October 2014 02:07:41 Gregg Eshelman did opine And Gene did reply: > On 10/9/2014 12:36 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Dunno, I suppose if one wanted to test the quality of a new and > > unknown quality cable it could be useful. But in troubleshooting > > existing cables, I have yet to s

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 10/9/2014 12:43 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > I'd lay 99.9% of that right in the laps of the BBLB fans used for cooling. > Decent ball bearing fans will run 10 to 50x longer than a 47 cent sleeve > bearing bought in thousand lots from a street vendor in Shanghai or even > farther west. Silicone oi

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 10/9/2014 12:36 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Dunno, I suppose if one wanted to test the quality of a new and unknown > quality cable it could be useful. But in troubleshooting existing cables, > I have yet to see anything work slicker than a good TDR. You can have a > bullet burnout someplace in

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 10/9/2014 11:32 AM, JHC wrote: > I had occasion to re-burn some old discs a while ago, several were from > the era of single speed CDRs, and I foolishly put them in a drive that > can read at 52x. > Second disc in literally exploded. Very loudly. I still have the very first CD-R I ever burned.

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread john mcintyre
Good Day All Many thanks for the pictures and keeping the old skills alive. john > From: bodge...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:14:27 +0100 > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based) > > On 9 October 2014 19:45, Gene Heskett

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 October 2014 21:30:40 Kirk Wallace did opine And Gene did reply: > On 10/09/2014 06:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > ... snip > > > old biker with many sets of worn out Dunlaps on my resume, I was > > hoping to see the Ner-a-Car in action. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > https://www.

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 10/09/2014 06:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: ... snip > old biker with many sets of worn out Dunlaps on my resume, I was hoping to > see the Ner-a-Car in action. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpHFVzwwZWs -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 October 2014 19:14:27 andy pugh did opine And Gene did reply: > On 9 October 2014 19:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> I was soldering the radiator of a 1916 Dennis back together last > >> night (until 1am) and today I rode my 1921 Ner-a-Car. > >> But in both cases I had to compile the p

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 October 2014 19:45, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I was soldering the radiator of a 1916 Dennis back together last night >> (until 1am) and today I rode my 1921 Ner-a-Car. >> But in both cases I had to compile the parts from source. Often using >> LinuxCNC. > > Pix Andy, gotta have the evidence. :)

Re: [Emc-users] In/Out pin on Hostmot2 Encoder component

2014-10-09 Thread John Prentice (FS)
Andy and John Thanks TRISTATE_BIT looks great for the job of kicking an encoder index-enable. John Prentice -Original Message- From: John Kasunich [mailto:jmkasun...@fastmail.fm] Sent: 09 October 2014 19:58 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] In/Out pin on Hostm

Re: [Emc-users] In/Out pin on Hostmot2 Encoder component

2014-10-09 Thread John Kasunich
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014, at 02:15 PM, John Prentice (FS) wrote: > John, thank you for your elaboration. > > Two points interleaved below: > > > > >To extend the wire-signal analogy, I think of I/O pins as tri-stateable > signals. > > I don't really get this analogy as there is also a memory hid

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 October 2014 13:05:48 andy pugh did opine And Gene did reply: > On 9 October 2014 17:33, John Dammeyer wrote: > > I can still get parts for my Sears Drill Press purchased in 1983. > > I'm pretty sure I can fit new bearings and other pieces onto my 1935 > > Delta Band Saw. Granted

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 October 2014 12:57:43 David Armstrong did opine And Gene did reply: > try a new cellular phone , top of the range model , 10 months in > ...wont switch on > so i sent back under warranty ,, got it back in bits after 4 weeks > ... > > their not able to repair it ... un economic to

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 October 2014 12:33:17 John Dammeyer did opine And Gene did reply: > The Spectrum analyzer and SWR Bridge allow signal generation and as a > tracking generator can also analyze cables. It's a sweet tool. > > http://www.rohde-schwarz.com/en/product/fsh3-6-18-options_63490-7578.ht > m

Re: [Emc-users] In/Out pin on Hostmot2 Encoder component

2014-10-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 October 2014 19:15, John Prentice (FS) wrote: > Anyhow I think I must code a one-shot, whose output is an IO, to exercise > the encoder index-enable input. Is http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/tristate_bit.9.html any help? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifix

Re: [Emc-users] In/Out pin on Hostmot2 Encoder component

2014-10-09 Thread John Prentice (FS)
John, thank you for your elaboration. Two points interleaved below: >To extend the wire-signal analogy, I think of I/O pins as tri-stateable signals. I don't really get this analogy as there is also a memory hiding somewhere for when everyone it tri-stated. It feels more like a wire with some

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread JHC
> CD ROMs have a life. The information does degrade. When was the last time >> you pulled out that CD with pictures of your children's birth or 1st >> birthday and rewrote them to a new CD. The sheer volume of photographs >> makes organizing them tedious and therefore unlikely. When you die wi

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 October 2014 17:33, John Dammeyer wrote: > I can still get parts for my Sears Drill Press purchased in 1983. I'm > pretty sure I can fit new bearings and other pieces onto my 1935 Delta Band > Saw. Granted my South Bend 10L is no longer made it's still repairable and > it was originally sol

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread David Armstrong
try a new cellular phone , top of the range model , 10 months in ...wont switch on so i sent back under warrenty ,, got it back in bits after 4 weeks ... their not able to repair it ... un economic to repair ! .. and they say although it's in warrenty they cant cover it .. i'd stick with your s

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread John Dammeyer
I can still get parts for my Sears Drill Press purchased in 1983. I'm pretty sure I can fit new bearings and other pieces onto my 1935 Delta Band Saw. Granted my South Bend 10L is no longer made it's still repairable and it was originally sold to the Ordinance Officer Edmonton in 1942. The conce

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread John Dammeyer
The Spectrum analyzer and SWR Bridge allow signal generation and as a tracking generator can also analyze cables. It's a sweet tool. http://www.rohde-schwarz.com/en/product/fsh3-6-18-options_63490-7578.html http://www.rohde-schwarz.com/en/product/fshz2-productstartpage_63493-7781.ht ml John >

Re: [Emc-users] In/Out pin on Hostmot2 Encoder component

2014-10-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 October 2014 10:23:30 John Kasunich did opine And Gene did reply: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014, at 09:46 AM, John Prentice (FS) wrote: > > Seb - thank you > > > > HAL IO pins are strange and apparently very rare beasts which don't > > map easily in my mind to the wire -- signal analogy. >

Re: [Emc-users] In/Out pin on Hostmot2 Encoder component

2014-10-09 Thread John Kasunich
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014, at 09:46 AM, John Prentice (FS) wrote: > Seb - thank you > > HAL IO pins are strange and apparently very rare beasts which don't map > easily in my mind to the wire -- signal analogy. To extend the wire-signal analogy, I think of I/O pins as tri-stateable signals. They ha

Re: [Emc-users] In/Out pin on Hostmot2 Encoder component

2014-10-09 Thread John Prentice (FS)
Seb - thank you HAL IO pins are strange and apparently very rare beasts which don't map easily in my mind to the wire -- signal analogy. If we review HAL (and its documentation) I wonder if IO pins should be deprecated. A two signal handshake would seem more transparent and allow general interco

Re: [Emc-users] Thoughts on a Python script to calculate estimated run time, for G code and my first hacked sub routine

2014-10-09 Thread John Thornton
If you need the exact time to run a file create a simulator with the same acceleration and velocity settings as your machine. Add the time component to the simulator then run your file. JT On 10/8/2014 10:01 AM, Schooner wrote: > First Q > > From Axis > > File > Properties > > Brings up the p

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 09.10.14 10:51, andy pugh wrote: > On 9 October 2014 07:02, Erik Christiansen wrote: > >> Just an observation that these little pocket scopes and logic analyzers > >> have > >> a very short lifetime. > > > > Yup, when the host is M$-based, that's particularly true. > > That seems a little unf

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread Lester Caine
On 08/10/14 23:05, John Dammeyer wrote: > Sorry. 3GHz. Not MHz. Something that popped up on my in box ... https://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/rf-explorer-signal-generator-rfe6gen.html ... 24MHz to 6GHz controlled by the PC :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 October 2014 07:02, Erik Christiansen wrote: >> Just an observation that these little pocket scopes and logic analyzers have >> a very short lifetime. > > Yup, when the host is M$-based, that's particularly true. That seems a little unfair. How long did MS support XP for? It was released in