[Machinekit] Re: Rpi4b instead of BBB

2020-03-19 Thread Aurelien
Hi Sorry if my message as nothing to do here, but recently i have replaced the BBB with RPI4 and Mesa ethernet 7i96/7i76e + 7i83 and this is like "night & day" (not only GUI, start very fast, compiling very fast, CNC stuff from Linuxcnc master) The BBB is not a very good choice for using

[Machinekit] Re: Rpi4b instead of BBB

2020-03-19 Thread justin White
I'd seriously doubt that support for Mesa SPI cards is available in MK considering how far behind Mesa support is but I don't know that for certain. Either way you would be far better served to use the 7C81 which is an rpi specific spi card, with no need for an adapter PCB the rpi just plugs

[Machinekit] Rpi4b instead of BBB

2020-03-19 Thread dave engvall
Hi all, I've been waiting for this discussion to segue to the Pi. Indeed the Rpi4B is a decent jump up in capability. If one drives Mesa or other hardware off the spi then the ethernet is nicely left open for downloads, etc.With the -4b you seem to get it all. Speed, communication, display