Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product

2016-10-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 October 2016 at 00:32, Bruce Layne wrote: > What I'd really like to see > is a controller in the class of the Raspberry Pi with a stack-on > daughter board for the FPGA motion control and general purpose I/O. I think that you might want to consider the reverse, an FPGA motion controller wit

Re: [Emc-users] following along in my what if musings about ther new oramge pi 2e

2016-10-26 Thread Mark
On 10/26/2016 01:12 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: > Does anyone here know of one verified case where a packet was dropped by a > switch? This just does not happen > > Also, if you place a second Ethernet dongle on the Pi, the dongle and the > built-in port share a serial bus. This is not really an

Re: [Emc-users] Moving past Home Switch

2016-10-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 October 2016 at 01:13, Danny Miller wrote: > 2. You can set axis limits at anything. I probably would never set a > negative coord as a limit but maybe that's just me Actually, this is almost normal for the Z axis. In fact my CAM package assumes that G53 Z0 is "tool all the way up" My Z a

Re: [Emc-users] Moving past Home Switch

2016-10-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 October 2016 at 03:19, Jon Elson wrote: > Assuming your home switch is 1 inch from the top (max limit) > and 4 inches from the bottom (min limit), > and that the HOME_OFFSET is 0, then you should set the soft > limits like this : > MIN_LIMIT = -4.0 > MAX_LIMIT = 1.0 Just one caveat with a s

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product

2016-10-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 26 October 2016 01:36:00 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 26 October 2016 00:42:02 Chris Albertson wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Gene Heskett > > wrote: > > > On Tuesday 25 October 2016 23:07:55 bari wrote: > > > > > > > > > This is touted to be 100% compatible with R

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product

2016-10-26 Thread W. Martinjak
On 2016-10-26 08:39, Chris Albertson wrote: > Yes they are that fast in some micro controllers. But on the "Pi" they do > about 500K. Where did you get this value. In my case it runs at 16 MHz fullduplex. -- "In der Wissenschaft siegt nie eine neue Theorie, nur ihre Gegner sterben nach und

Re: [Emc-users] following along in my what if musings about ther new oramge pi 2e

2016-10-26 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
So you found a dropped packet on one particular combination of hardware/software some time ago. Bugs get fixed (and yes, new ones sometimes introduced.) LinuxCNC has had bugs. Doesn't mean that a PC/RTOS has no business running a machine. There are no collisions on full duplex ethernet as its n

Re: [Emc-users] following along in my what if musings about ther new oramge pi 2e

2016-10-26 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 25 Oct 2016, Chris Albertson wrote: > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 22:12:14 -0700 > From: Chris Albertson > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] following along in my what if musings about ther new > oramg

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product

2016-10-26 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
We're running 72Mhz dual channel-DDR-QSPI on a little Cortex ARM = 1.152Gbit/s :) (FWIW, more for super low delay than raw data rate) On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 9:12 AM, W. Martinjak wrote: > On 2016-10-26 08:39, Chris Albertson wrote: > > Yes they are that fast in some micro controllers. But on

Re: [Emc-users] following along in my what if musings about ther new oramge pi 2e

2016-10-26 Thread sam sokolik
I have converted a matsuura using a mesa 7i80 (plus some smart serial daughter boards) and it has been running flawlessly. It really is amazing. (I am using a motherboard with 2 nics...) And this was one of peters first 7i80's. When setting up the machine - it would be left on with linuxcn

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma Torch Height Control

2016-10-26 Thread Klemen Živkovič
I have no idea about cncprofi, but it seems it needs additional stepper for Z axis unlike mesa thc make use of thc component and single existing z stepper. PLease correct me if I am wrong. -- The Command Line: Reinvented fo

Re: [Emc-users] Moving past Home Switch

2016-10-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 26 October 2016 08:11:18 andy pugh wrote: > On 26 October 2016 at 03:19, Jon Elson wrote: > > Assuming your home switch is 1 inch from the top (max limit) > > and 4 inches from the bottom (min limit), > > and that the HOME_OFFSET is 0, then you should set the soft > > limits like thi

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product

2016-10-26 Thread bari
On 10/26/2016 12:36 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 26 October 2016 00:42:02 Chris Albertson wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Gene Heskett > wrote: >>> On Tuesday 25 October 2016 23:07:55 bari wrote: >>> >>> >>> This is touted to be 100% compatible with R-Pi stuff. But has an >>

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product --> SPI

2016-10-26 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> On 2016-10-26 08:39, Chris Albertson wrote: > > Yes they are that fast in some micro controllers. But on the "Pi" they do > > about 500K. > Where did you get this value. > In my case it runs at 16 MHz fullduplex. 16Mbit full duplex is common for cheap small micro controllers. It is cheap an

[Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda?

2016-10-26 Thread Kirk Wallace
I'm wondering if these could be 3D printed: http://www.ebay.com/itm/361501013914 -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ -- The Command Line: Reinvented for Modern D

Re: [Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda?

2016-10-26 Thread Stuart Stevenson
And then attach the paper? On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > I'm wondering if these could be 3D printed: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/361501013914 > > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ > > -

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product

2016-10-26 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 12:11 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > This is touted to be 100% compatible with R-Pi stuff. But has an > allwinner H3 brain, so it runs on intel code, not arm. All Allwinner products are ARM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allwinner_Technology#H-Series_.28OTT_box_application.29 h

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product

2016-10-26 Thread Chris Albertson
The little circuit board you envision that sits on top on the Pi. Would be nice and easy to use. But there is not room on that size card for screw terminals. You are talking about building a Mesa card that is less than half the size of a Mesa card. Would be hard to do. The way I like to do t

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product

2016-10-26 Thread Chris Albertson
The best way to backup a Pi based system is to set it up so a backup is never needed. You write to the SD card once and save the image file. The never wrote to the card again. You can replace the card from your "standard" image file. These Pis will never have a large hard disk attached to th

Re: [Emc-users] Moving past Home Switch

2016-10-26 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/26/2016 07:11 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 26 October 2016 at 03:19, Jon Elson wrote: >> Assuming your home switch is 1 inch from the top (max limit) >> and 4 inches from the bottom (min limit), >> and that the HOME_OFFSET is 0, then you should set the soft >> limits like this : >> MIN_LIMIT =

Re: [Emc-users] Moving past Home Switch

2016-10-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 October 2016 at 19:04, Jon Elson wrote: > Yes, this is why having the home switch much closer to the > limit is best. Near the middle might be best, but it needs to be off for half the travel and on for half the travel. LinuxCNC knows how to back off the switch if it is already on it. --

Re: [Emc-users] Moving past Home Switch

2016-10-26 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 10/26/2016 11:31 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 26 October 2016 at 19:04, Jon Elson wrote: >> Yes, this is why having the home switch much closer to the >> limit is best. > > Near the middle might be best, but it needs to be off for half the > travel and on for half the travel. > LinuxCNC knows how

Re: [Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda?

2016-10-26 Thread albertson . chris
The edges really need to be made of rubber or foam not 3-D printed plastic possibly a paper cone could be replaced by printed plastic. If this is a critical application like hi-fi for musical instrument speakers the weight and stiffness of the paper cone matters a lot changing it will affect th

Re: [Emc-users] Moving past Home Switch

2016-10-26 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, Put the home switch wherever you want it OR wherever is convenient. You can use the +-sign in the ini file to determine which direction to seek and search for the home switch and index. You can then offset the home position to wherever you want it AND you can put +- in the axis limits t

Re: [Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda?

2016-10-26 Thread bari
If by 3D printed you mean FDM/FFF/GGG**, yes but it would not be nearly as smooth. You could use a composite filament for the main part of the cone and switch a urethane foam for the edges. This is way beyond DIY unless you are polymer chemist and can swap between using a hot melt extrusion noz

Re: [Emc-users] Moving past Home Switch

2016-10-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 26 October 2016 14:31:22 andy pugh wrote: > On 26 October 2016 at 19:04, Jon Elson wrote: > > Yes, this is why having the home switch much closer to the > > limit is best. > > Near the middle might be best, but it needs to be off for half the > travel and on for half the travel. > Li

Re: [Emc-users] Moving past Home Switch

2016-10-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 October 2016 at 23:54, Gene Heskett wrote: >> LinuxCNC knows how to back off the switch if it is already on it. > > If you have individual inputs from each switch. But when shared, it > hasn't a clue which axis is "on". Yes, some things are just inherently impossible. -- atp "A motorcy

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product --> SPI

2016-10-26 Thread Chris Albertson
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Nicklas Karlsson < nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2016-10-26 08:39, Chris Albertson wrote: > > > Yes they are that fast in some micro controllers. But on the "Pi" > they do > > > about 500K. > > Where did you get this value. > > In my case it runs at

Re: [Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda?

2016-10-26 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Yup. 3D Printed Speaker | | | | || | | | || 3D Printed Speaker Speaker printed from PLA on an Afinia H479. As you can hear, there is a significant amount of voice coil rub. It... | | | | From: Kirk Wallace To: Enhanced Machine Controller (E

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC and a Consumer Product --> SPI

2016-10-26 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> > > > Yes they are that fast in some micro controllers. But on the "Pi" > > they do > > > > about 500K. > > > Where did you get this value. > > > In my case it runs at 16 MHz fullduplex. > > > > 16Mbit full duplex is common for cheap small micro controllers. > > > > I don't understand. Are you

Re: [Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda?

2016-10-26 Thread Gregg Eshelman
There are flexible materials for 3D printing. From: "albertson.ch...@gmail.com" To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda? The edges really need to be made of rubber or foam not 3-D printed pl