[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

Re: [Machinekit] Re: PICnc with Machine Kit.

2020-03-05 Thread dave engvall
On 3/3/20 6:22 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: Hi Justin, Clearly we're on different pages. Thanks for your input. John *From:*machinekit@googlegroups.com [mailto:machinekit@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *justin White *Sent:* March-03-20 5:35 PM *To:* Machinekit *Subject:* Re: [Machinekit]

Re: [Machinekit] Re: MachineKit Closed loop on X and Y

2019-08-05 Thread dave engvall
Hi all, Years ago I tried the at_pid and it didn't work very well if at all. Like I said it has been years. Tuning torque mode is difficult at best but at least on a spindle  one doesn't have to worry about it crashing something. I have thought about the idea of manual tuning to get close