Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on the Olinuxino

2013-01-13 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/12/2013 10:47 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Jon, > > It has what it calls a serial port, which in fact goes to a USB. There are > then some drivers (Windows only) which apparently allow communicating with > it as a serial device. OK, the Beagle Board has a "real" serial port, driven via some G

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on the Olinuxino

2013-01-12 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Jon, It has what it calls a serial port, which in fact goes to a USB. There are then some drivers (Windows only) which apparently allow communicating with it as a serial device. Something is not working in my setup for these drivers. I got the drivers installed, and three external drives show up w

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on the Olinuxino

2013-01-12 Thread Adrian Carter
Re getting the Olimex screen working... it looks like its just a vanilla LVDS panel.. so you just need one of the many LVDS->HDMI driver boards from ebay and the like.. basically look around and you'll find a few people on sites selling "LVDS->HDMI controller boards" or "converters"... basically yo

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on the Olinuxino

2013-01-12 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 1/12/2013 9:05 AM, Anders Wallin wrote: > After seeing the success of a few other people in getting lcnc running on an >> Arm / Beaglebone, I thought I would take a shot at doing the same on the >> Olinuxino, with the intent of driving a 3D printer.

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on the Olinuxino

2013-01-12 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/11/2013 10:49 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > > The board in fact just arrived today. Android built into the onboard NAND > booted first time. While waiting for the board to arrive, I also built a > custom kernel and a debian image and loaded that to a 4GB SD card. That, > unfortunately was an a

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on the Olinuxino

2013-01-12 Thread Anders Wallin
After seeing the success of a few other people in getting lcnc running on an > Arm / Beaglebone, I thought I would take a shot at doing the same on the > Olinuxino, with the intent of driving a 3D printer. I found the Olinuxino > attractive because it has 512MB RAM and a 1Ghz processor and 3 I2C >

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on the Olinuxino

2013-01-12 Thread Michael Haberler
Hi Eric, Am 12.01.2013 um 05:49 schrieb Eric H. Johnson: > Hi all, > > This is really a response to the "LinuxCNC for DIY 3D Printing" thread > without hijacking that thread. > > After seeing the success of a few other people in getting lcnc running on an > Arm / Beaglebone, I thought I would

[Emc-users] Linuxcnc on the Olinuxino

2013-01-11 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi all, This is really a response to the "LinuxCNC for DIY 3D Printing" thread without hijacking that thread. After seeing the success of a few other people in getting lcnc running on an Arm / Beaglebone, I thought I would take a shot at doing the same on the Olinuxino, with the intent of drivin