On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 14:26 -0600, sam sokolik wrote:
> I have been using the arduino for simple i/o and such on the K&T.
> (right now I am using it for just temp sensing)
>
> I had all kinds of issues before the update to the uno. After - the
> arduino has been rock solid. Boots up within li
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>Subject: [Emc-users] Arduin woes
>
>I'm working on a VFD controller using an AVR, and also looking into
>using an Arduino. I seem to have found that the Arduino has problems
>working with the serial port because the Rx and Tx pins are also tied to
>the USB interface, the Boo
Kirk;
> That reminds me, wasn't there a big brewhaha over model train
> controllers sometime back? I think it evolved into becoming a major
> legal battle and threatened the future of Linux?
Before my time on it, but reading about the legal battle introduced me to this
software:
http://slated.
On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 14:56 -0500, John Stewart wrote:
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> Actually, I have some "DCC" controllers for the "Lenz XPressnet"
> system that do serial over RS485 that I have published designs (code,
> etc) for that can share the same serial i/o port, but I think that
> using another serial port
I have been using the arduino for simple i/o and such on the K&T.
(right now I am using it for just temp sensing)
I had all kinds of issues before the update to the uno. After - the
arduino has been rock solid. Boots up within linuxcnc every time with
no errors.
This seems to be a good star
On 2012-03-07, at 2:51 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>
> work now, but this brings up the thought, considering the importance of
> the serial port to many CNC applications and the serial port resource
> sharing on the Arduino, is Arduino appropriate for LinuxCNC
> applications?
Kirk;
I have many Ardu
I'm working on a VFD controller using an AVR, and also looking into
using an Arduino. I seem to have found that the Arduino has problems
working with the serial port because the Rx and Tx pins are also tied to
the USB interface, the BootLoader, in someway the serial port monitor
and debugging. It s
