On Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 12:19:48 AM UTC-4, Przemek Klosowski wrote: > > > PRU will give you the encoder data, but where do you go from there? If all > you need is some calculations and running simple actuators of the PWM kind, > and/or display to low-pixel-count LCD, you dont' need Linux---however, if > you need communication stacks such as Ethernet, BT or WiFi, it's probably a > bad idea to try to write them from scratch. >
You make a very good point. I will need communication to send the values of my "upper" and "lower" stroke registers from the Mach4 software (windows) to the BBB PRU loop. I know Mach4 has a Modbus plugin. I wonder if that would be the best method of communication to the BBB? -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d4bce08f-9388-44ee-8839-179cf8989f1c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
