> One 'device-on-a-rope' at least I would find interesting would be an
to be honest, if one really wants a "device-on-a-rope", and wants to use EMC, then they should build a small linux system to be at the "end of the rope". use something like the gumstix board, or an efika (http://www.pegasosppc.com/efika.php), install busybox, an RTAI kernel, "headless" EMC, and talk to it using existing remote X11 display technology via ethernet. you could do USB networking instead, but ethernet would be more practical. (if nothing else, it provides electrical isolation, which USB doesn't do.) the hardware for such a solution may be somewhat more expensive than a high-end micro that's capable of running the motion controller, but the payoff in software reuse would be huge. paul =--------------------- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 76.1 degrees) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
