Re: [Emc-users] Mini-ITX PD12ri horrible jitter

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/11/22 18:19, andy pugh wrote: On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 at 00:07, Andy Howell wrote: Its no pretty. Jitter is about 8. I had a look through bios settings, but nothing jumped out at me. Any ideas to improve it? Which realtime system did you use? (at a guess, preempt-rt?) Are you plan

Re: [Emc-users] who has used thin client pcs

2022-02-11 Thread Martin Dobbins
Hi Gene, A couple of questions: I think you started with a rpi3, how does the rpi4 compare? How do you wire the gpio on the rpi4 to the 7i90HD? any links for cables etc? Thanks, Martin On Thursday, February 10, 2022 3:05:57 PM EST Chris Albertson wrote: > Yes

Re: [Emc-users] who has used thin client pcs

2022-02-11 Thread Chris Albertson
I'm impressed with the Pi4 for embedded computing. I have a Pi4 right here on my desk that is running a robotic motion control application. It does a full kinematic solution for a 12 degree of freedom waking "dog" robot. This involves many 4x4 matrix multiplications and dozens of forward and i

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-ITX PD12ri horrible jitter

2022-02-11 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 at 00:07, Andy Howell wrote: > Its no pretty. Jitter is about 8. I had a look through bios > settings, but nothing jumped out at me. > > Any ideas to improve it? Which realtime system did you use? (at a guess, preempt-rt?) Are you planning to use the parallel port? If

[Emc-users] Mini-ITX PD12ri horrible jitter

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
I installed LinuxCNC 2.8.0 iso. on this: https://www.onlogic.com/pd14ri/  Its no pretty. Jitter is about 8. I had a look through bios settings, but nothing jumped out at me. Any ideas to improve it? Thanks. ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-use

Re: [Emc-users] who has used thin client pcs

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/11/22 05:36, gene heskett wrote: Enter the 7i42TA, the protection magic for the 7i90HD, but it takes 3 of them. Now I think it would survive the EMP of a tactical nuke. Glad we have a post apocalyptic solution. :) ___ Emc-users mailing list Em

Re: [Emc-users] tests hanging?

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/11/22 03:51, Rob C wrote: run: lscpu post the reply / contents you can also try: nproc --all that processor should have a good single core speed. are you using isolcpus within grub? there are mixed points of view about isolcpus and whether or not its relevant. Personally I use it and it

Re: [Emc-users] tests hanging?

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/11/22 08:50, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Those tests run for a long time normally. Try `runtests -v` to get output while the tests are running. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Sorry, I should have posted this to the developer list. Too blurry-eyed last night :) I found the problem. I had somethi

Re: [Emc-users] tests hanging?

2022-02-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Those tests run for a long time normally. Try `runtests -v` to get output while the tests are running. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky On February 10, 2022 11:39:58 PM MST, Andy Howell wrote: >When I run the test suite there are a number of tests that seem to >hang.  It could be I am just impatient.

Re: [Emc-users] who has used thin client pcs

2022-02-11 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, February 10, 2022 3:05:57 PM EST Chris Albertson wrote: > Yes, "Mini ITX" is just a shape and a standard for where mounting holes > go but it is a shape that is sold to a cost-sensitive market where low > power ususage and low cost maters. The ITX market is large enough > that mass pr

Re: [Emc-users] tests hanging?

2022-02-11 Thread Rob C
run: lscpu post the reply / contents you can also try: nproc --all that processor should have a good single core speed. are you using isolcpus within grub? there are mixed points of view about isolcpus and whether or not its relevant. Personally I use it and it seems to provide better latency res