[Machinekit] Re: Seeed to design and build Machinekit focused Cape for BeagleBone Black/AI

2020-03-13 Thread Rob M
Already made one, worked well. Switched to Linuxcnc now using a PC & MESA On Friday, March 13, 2020 at 12:38:53 AM UTC+11, Jason Kridner wrote: > > Seeed is looking to not only build a Machinekit-focused Cape for > BeagleBone Black and BeagleBone AI, but to: > * Take in features and feedback from

Re: [Machinekit] Re: Seeed to design and build Machinekit focused Cape for BeagleBone Black/AI

2020-03-12 Thread Mala Dies
Hello, Sounds good but I was not being too harsh on Seeed Studio from my perspective. I guess people get busy and languages collide at times. I can chalk up the issues over the years to that idea. ... Nothing is perfect and I may be in limbo but I think the Cape should have, from what I unde

Re: [Machinekit] Re: Seeed to design and build Machinekit focused Cape for BeagleBone Black/AI

2020-03-12 Thread Chris Albertson
I doubt you'd want any kind of motor drivers on the board. The board would have logic level outputs only and would interface to industry-standard motor drivers that run off step/direction or 0 to 10 volts or even Ethercat. This is where the board gets larger and expensive as it would need to sup

Re: [Machinekit] Re: Seeed to design and build Machinekit focused Cape for BeagleBone Black/AI

2020-03-12 Thread Jason Kridner
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 2:59 PM Mala Dies wrote: > Hello, > > I am a novice in most fields of study regarding brushless stepper motors > and drives. If anything, I think allowing people like me, the novices in > this category, to establish as domain in the field with not only hardware > but a tem

[Machinekit] Re: Seeed to design and build Machinekit focused Cape for BeagleBone Black/AI

2020-03-12 Thread Mala Dies
Hello, I erased my last message. I think my last message was just reaching out. Here: - What are we talking about in regards to the power consumption of the available wattage? - 125w - 150w - 175w - etc... - I am asking b/c some motors will drive that much watt

[Machinekit] Re: Seeed to design and build Machinekit focused Cape for BeagleBone Black/AI

2020-03-12 Thread Mala Dies
Hello, I am a novice in most fields of study regarding brushless stepper motors and drives. If anything, I think allowing people like me, the novices in this category, to establish as domain in the field with not only hardware but a temporary to permanent wiki support would be what Open Source