Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread John Harris
Hi All, You might want to take a look at a Saxo board sold through the www.knjn.com site. It combines the Cypress CY7C68013, with an Altera FPGA and an ARM7 microcontroller. both the FPGA and the ARM7 can be reprogrammed through the USB port, which simplifies code development. Even

[Emc-users] Hal module to convert float to 8 bits

2008-10-31 Thread MichaƂ
Hello Attachment is a hal module for converting float to binary output Regards Michal conv_float_8bit.comp Description: Binary data - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the

Re: [Emc-users] pumpkin carving with EMC2

2008-10-31 Thread Brian Branch
http://lumenlab.com/2008/10/pumpkin/ That is soo cl! Way to think outside the flat surface! -Brian - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based

Re: [Emc-users] Latency Test

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
Dave Engvall wrote: Hi Jon, I'm using an GeForce 2 Nvidia card and it smears a bit on some windows. May have to try something else. Will check for a menu. Non-manufacturer video cables are APPALLING crap! Just 5 wires in one overall shield. I end up making my own video extension cables

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
Jon Elson wrote: Dave Caroline wrote: The amount of data one could put in a USB microframe, may allow for more loops per frame so make it easier I can see some ways that one could export the software step generation to a USB parallel port. Umm, I obviously didn't say what I

Re: [Emc-users] Latency Test

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
tomp wrote: yes, thanks John, i never read an acceptable magnitude for latency in a servo system Well, assuming you are running the servo thread at 1 KHz (1 ms interval) and the servo code itself takes, say, 100 us on the average, then you have a 9:1 margin. So, a sudden interruption by

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Dave Caroline
I have a feeling if we learn enough about USB2 a fixed bi directional micro frame protocol could be deterministic for EMC I need a second and third read of the spec Dave Caroline - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
tomp wrote: maybe this is of interest RT-Firewire on Linux, using Xenomai (RTAI ) used for robotics, for realtime control of positioning systems it also enables RTnet over firewire several nice papers at http://www.rtfirewire.org Practically all PCs have USB and Ethernet. The hardware

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Dave Caroline
I think some of us need to pick up and even help or fork those dead projects and see where we can go Dave Caroline - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based

[Emc-users] [OT] Best Displays, Re: Latency Test

2008-10-31 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 12:42 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: Dave Engvall wrote: Hi Jon, I'm using an GeForce 2 Nvidia card and it smears a bit on some windows. May have to try something else. Will check for a menu. Non-manufacturer video cables are APPALLING crap! Just 5 wires in one

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Jack Coats
I was just reading SERVO, and a guy is using one of the PicoITX boards. Low power consumption, small, and could do well, but I would like a board with 3 or 4 parallel ports available, even using a 'plug in board'. That would give all the expansion I could ever think of. But building a parallel

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 17:57 +, Dave Caroline wrote: I have a feeling if we learn enough about USB2 a fixed bi directional micro frame protocol could be deterministic for EMC I need a second and third read of the spec Dave Caroline Wasn't there some talk, last year, about real-time

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread tomp
Jon Elson wrote: tomp wrote: maybe this is of interest RT-Firewire on Linux, using Xenomai (RTAI ) used for robotics, for realtime control of positioning systems it also enables RTnet over firewire several nice papers at http://www.rtfirewire.org Practically all PCs have USB

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread alan
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 20:30 -0500, Jim Coleman wrote: alan, have you considered replacing the fan? this seems like the cheapest solution to me :-D and you could probably find a complete heatsink with fan for your laptop on ebay, people part out laptops alot on there. I took it to a local

[Emc-users] Following error

2008-10-31 Thread Dave Houghton
Hello all I've just configured my Sherline mill using the 'stepconf wizard' It is a metric mill and the set up is metric. I'm in AXIS loaded:arcspiral.ngc (I like watching things going in circles reminds me of me) run program Z=11.899 and the vel:2970 then I get Axis error joint 2 following

Re: [Emc-users] Following error

2008-10-31 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Dave Houghton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 October 2008 09:59 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Following error Hello all I've just configured my Sherline mill using the 'stepconf wizard' It is a metric mill and the set up is

[Emc-users] [OT] Plasma noise resistant box

2008-10-31 Thread Hal Eckhart
Sorry about the OT post, but I don't know where else to turn. I'm a long-time lurker and I'm finally getting close to having EMC running with Jon Elson's USC on my ancient plasma machine (replacing DOS and a Microkinetics contoller). I had a Dell GX270, which seemed to work fine until I tried

[Emc-users] OT: wiring 5i20 + 7i33

2008-10-31 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
I'm about to start converting my lathe to cnc and I am wondering how other users of the 5i20 + 7i33 have wired it up. I have some +/-10v servo controllers that I am planning to drive with the 5i20+7i33 combo. My computer is about 3 meters away. I was planning to house the servos in an

Re: [Emc-users] OT: wiring 5i20 + 7i33

2008-10-31 Thread robert
Frank Tkalcevic wrote: I'm about to start converting my lathe to cnc and I am wondering how other users of the 5i20 + 7i33 have wired it up. I have some +/-10v servo controllers that I am planning to drive with the 5i20+7i33 combo. My computer is about 3 meters away. I was planning to

Re: [Emc-users] OT: wiring 5i20 + 7i33

2008-10-31 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:32:45 +1100 From: Frank Tkalcevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] OT: wiring 5i20 + 7i33 I'm

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Matt Shaver
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 08:00 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: It can go to pci and post-pci internal busses using intelligent cards like the mesa 5i20. (this is the path I personally favor) I'm kind of hoping for pci express over cable: http://www.onestopsystems.com/pcie_over_cable.html

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Matt Shaver wrote: Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:39:47 -0400 From: Matt Shaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 08:00 -0500, Jeff Epler

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread tomp
Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 17:57 +, Dave Caroline wrote: I have a feeling if we learn enough about USB2 a fixed bi directional micro frame protocol could be deterministic for EMC I need a second and third read of the spec Dave Caroline Wasn't there some talk,

Re: [Emc-users] Internet EMC2

2008-10-31 Thread Bryce Johnson
Try Sheetcam. Runs good on ubuntu! It is free for right now (The dev version)... eventually he will release it and charge for it. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Sergey Izvoztchikov [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I'm not sure about EMC, but I would love to have access to system running 4 or more

Re: [Emc-users] Internet EMC2

2008-10-31 Thread Bryce Johnson
Also I guess it is only 2.5d too. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Bryce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try Sheetcam. Runs good on ubuntu! It is free for right now (The dev version)... eventually he will release it and charge for it. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Sergey

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Best Displays, Re: Latency Test

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: A couple of video quality issues came to mind when I read this. Since HDMI is digital, would it be less prone to cable quality variations? I would think if the cable quality got below a threshold, you would see dropouts, but otherwise the picture would be perfect, or as

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: Wasn't there some talk, last year, about real-time Ethernet? Ethernet, to my uneducated brain, seems much more appealing than USB. Jan Kiszka did this for RT Linux (its called rtnet), and it is apparently a complete project, and is being maintained. BUT, the slave side

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
tomp wrote: i dont think firewire card is rare or expensive siig syba other mfctrs tiger direct 20$ mirco center 20$ newegg 12.99$ so not rare and not expensive more important, it already works realtime linux rtai for motion control OK, they have REALLY come down, I haven't looked

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Plasma noise resistant box

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
Hal Eckhart wrote: Sorry about the OT post, but I don't know where else to turn. I'm a long-time lurker and I'm finally getting close to having EMC running with Jon Elson's USC on my ancient plasma machine (replacing DOS and a Microkinetics contoller). I had a Dell GX270, which seemed to

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
alan wrote: On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 20:30 -0500, Jim Coleman wrote: alan, have you considered replacing the fan? this seems like the cheapest solution to me :-D and you could probably find a complete heatsink with fan for your laptop on ebay, people part out laptops alot on there. I