[Machinekit] Re: Good Base PC for low latency

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-SFF-980-i7-860-Quad-2-8GHz-8GB-1TB-DVD-RW-Win-7-Pro-64Bit-/252730566706?hash=item3ad7ea6832:g:BlUAAOSw44BYf-8T something like this looks to be a good start. -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github:

[Machinekit] Re: Good Base PC for low latency

the machine i'm running now is an old i7 with linux cnc on it for my primary mill. i had heard good things about older hardware but i'll start my search with some nice vintage i7's and see what i can come up with. i just want to make sure this build goes off with out a hitch. -- website:

Re: [Machinekit] Re: Good Base PC for low latency

> On 23 Jan 2017, at 22:44, Bas de Bruijn wrote: > > > >> On 23 Jan 2017, at 21:03, hosaneemich...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Machinekit is a group of people that helps build the linux kernel for real >> time constraints. > > Machinekit is a fork of Linuxcnc. Among the

[Machinekit] Re: Good Base PC for low latency

Hi Andrew, I would say the best thing you could buy is a core i-7. These are known for better multitasking purposes since they handle threads a lot better as opposed to the i5 or i3. If you can get something with a big cache on the chip (8MB cache > 6MB cache), will help you a lot since the

[Machinekit] Good Base PC for low latency

Good day everyone. I'm looking for some advice on a new pc for a second CNC i'm preparing to build. i already have one running but i'm looking for a good base PC to start with so that i dont run into issues fumbling around buying parts and so forth. I dont mind building the PC just trying to

[Machinekit] Re: Machinekit interface to DAC

Hi, If you are looking for a simple microcontroller with built-in quadrature encoder interface as well as analog in and motor control features (like PWM out), you might want to look at the Microchip dsPIC line. Microchip has examples on how to use these chips to control motors. The