Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread Dave Cole
On 10/26/2014 1:27 AM, Brian Morel wrote: ASRock Motherboard Mini D1800B-ITX Are you using any motion control hardware or are you using step and direction out the LPT port? I have a Gigabyte J1900 board with a Kingston 60GB SSDNow powered by a Pico power supply, I believe the 80 watt version.

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread Dave Cole
That should work fine. If you want to mess around with the hm2-eth ethernet driver, the Gigabyte J1900N-D3V has dual Ethernet ports, but no LPT port. The board got a lot of bad reviews for some early bios firmware that was bad. The F3 version of the firmware is fine. Debian 7 and Ubuntu

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 October 2014 01:00, Chris Morley chrisinnana...@hotmail.com wrote: looking for some fairly specific info, I am not up on or very interested in researching every option. I quite like the Pico PSUs, partly because they plug in to the MB and don't need to be mounted separately. For the same

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread schoone...@btinternet.com
1 of: ADATA Premier Series DDR3 1333Mhz 8 GB Laptop Memory Kit 2 x 4 GB CL9 Dual Channel SO-DIMM AD3S1333C4G9-2 Bearing in mind however that if you are running an x86 distro of linuxcnc, 4.75MB ish of that memory will not be able to be seen or used

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread Philipp Burch
On 26.10.2014 15:39, schoone...@btinternet.com wrote: 1 of: ADATA Premier Series DDR3 1333Mhz 8 GB Laptop Memory Kit 2 x 4 GB CL9 Dual Channel SO-DIMM AD3S1333C4G9-2 Bearing in mind however that if you are running an x86 distro of linuxcnc, 4.75MB ish of that memory will not be able to be

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/26/2014 12:27 AM, Brian Morel wrote: Below is what I just used for a build. Seems to work good so far. 1 of: V7 Standard PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Combo (CK0A2-4N6P) 1 of: Kingston Digital 60GB SSDNow V300 SATA 3 2.5 (7mm height) with Adapter Solid State Drive SV300S37A/60G 1 of: ADATA

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread Brian Morel
LPT port for now. I just have on of those cheap 3-axis blue Stepper boards right now. Sent from my iPad On Oct 26, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/26/2014 1:27 AM, Brian Morel wrote: ASRock Motherboard Mini D1800B-ITX Are you using any motion control

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread Brian Morel
Sub, 6,000 ns. But I haven't pushed it really-really hard. I used the new Live-cd, and since I had a PS/2 keyboard and mouse, it worked fine. The Baytrail boards USB doesn't work with the current RTAI kernel, but it should be fixed soon. I think I have a kernel that enables USB but it needs

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread Brian Morel
Ya, the RTAI kernel is PAE, but I plan on working to help get amd64 kernel working anyway. Sent from my iPad On Oct 26, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Philipp Burch p...@hb9etc.ch wrote: On 26.10.2014 15:39, schoone...@btinternet.com wrote: 1 of: ADATA Premier Series DDR3 1333Mhz 8 GB Laptop

Re: [Emc-users] Versa

2014-10-26 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 10/25/2014 08:33 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 10/25/2014 08:14 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 10/25/2014 07:12 PM, TJoseph Powderly wrote: On 10/25/2014 09:05 PM, Ed wrote: On 10/25/2014 07:29 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: ... snip[ Thank you Ed and Tom. I'll post pictures and dimensions tomorrow

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/26/2014 12:48 PM, Brian Morel wrote: Sub, 6,000 ns. But I haven't pushed it really-really hard. I used the new Live-cd, and since I had a PS/2 keyboard and mouse, it worked fine. That is excellent! Jon --

Re: [Emc-users] Versa

2014-10-26 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 10/26/2014 11:04 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 10/25/2014 08:33 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 10/25/2014 08:14 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 10/25/2014 07:12 PM, TJoseph Powderly wrote: On 10/25/2014 09:05 PM, Ed wrote: On 10/25/2014 07:29 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: ... snip[ Thank you Ed and Tom.