I have some Pi and BBB boards that I use for robotics projects. I use them because they are physically small and can run on battery power. But do people need that for a machine tool? Are people building portable battery-powered CNC milling machines? If the machine is very heavy and requires AC mains power then why not make life easy for yourself and use a big old PC.
Seriously, you can buy a good used PC that will run circles around a “BBB” for not much money. Add a Measa FPGA card and you are good to go. https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16883461141?Item=9SIABX7JBU8332 Refurbished: DELL Desktop OptiPlex 3040 SFF Intel Core i5 6th Gen 6500 (3.20GHz) 16 GB DDR4 256 GB SSD DVD Intel HD Graphics 530 Windows 10 Pro Grade A newegg.com > On Aug 4, 2023, at 9:44 AM, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote: > > I'm curious. I have one of the original Xylotex boards. The link to this > web site implies there's a newer version along with a link to 4GB BeagleBone > Image for MachineKit which I have read hasn't been supported for years. > http://xylotex.netfirms.com/OSCommerce/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=169 > > My BBBs (3 of them) are all sitting in a box unused. This includes things > like LCD displays, CAN bus capes etc. I had thought about adding the BBB > with CNC to my Gingery Lathe which currently is controlled by my Electronic > Lead Screw product. > > What is the status in general with the BBB and MachineKit or LinuxCNC. > Should I just put my stuff on EBAY? > > I ask because I also have a 1GB Pi4 with a MESA 7i92H as a desktop play toy. > I think the 1GB is a bit small for LinuxCNC but so far it has worked. I'm > not sure whether support for LinuxCNC on the PI4 has also gone by the wayside? > > So if someone had a BBB and a cape, installs a version of LinuxCNC > (MachineKit) do they run into what appears to happen often now with trying to > upgrade and unknown web links? > John > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] >> Sent: August 3, 2023 1:20 AM >> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC build on BeagleBoneBlack >> >> On Wed, 2 Aug 2023 at 17:51, Thomas J Powderly <tjt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Is there an explanation of gpiod? >> >> It's a replacement for the sysfs interface for gpio (which hal_pi_gpio >> uses, for example). >> >> There is an article about it here: >> https://lloydrochester.com/post/hardware/libgpiod-intro-rpi/ >> >> I have a working-but-slow demo here: >> https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/commit/15138feb4a1a811a7b61a6605 >> 55d78b85bdcf86c >> >> (later commits in that branch are not working at all at the moment) >> >> to use the BBB output from gpioinfo above: >> >> loadrr hal_gpio inputs=P8_25,P8_24 outputs=P8_10,P811 >> >> -- >> atp >> "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is >> designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and >> lunatics." >> � George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > <BBB_DB25_26.jpg>_______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
