On 6/1/2012 10:45 PM, EBo wrote: > I remember someone mentioning that they were going to contact the guy > who put together the miniemc2 and see if they could get to the rest of > the source code (which needed some work on the install scripts, etc.). > Has anything moved forward on that? Tomorrow I hope to start putting > togehter a test bench and start playing with Li's NURBS FPGA and on a > seperate testbed the MiniEMC2 on a mini2440. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > L
Hi, EBo. Yes, that was I. The fellow's name is Sergey Kaydalov. He has a tale of woe concerning a breakdown in the relationship between him and his local CNC manufacturer who had provided him with the 2440 boards. The manufacturer took back the boards and Sergey has stopped development both for lack of hardware and for the reasons below. He has sent two messages to me so far but I don't believe it is proper etiquette simply to forward them to this group since he believed he was talking to just me. Let me paraphrase: 1) he was discouraged by the lack of real interest, e.g., no one has said "I've run your software on my board and a real machine and here's what I like/don't like/think needs improvement/etc." If you look at the comments posted to the sourceforge site, you'll see he was getting the usual dweeb responses that show up when people post to Instructables.com and elsewhere. He says he is not a CNC expert and doesn't have real experience in the CNC field so he needs this feedback to keep going. 2) he was discouraged by the disparaging responses concerning his Web interface. Apparently folks have berated him for not developing a board-connected TFT display. 3) If there are some people who are ready to help him using/testing/developing the project he thinks he would find a way to get the hardware he needs and keep working on miniemc2. He already has some ideas of what he would do next. Frankly, I have no idea what his resources are and what resources he is seeking, but he sounded very discouraged and surely could use some kind words. He did mention that he probably would have made more progress had he reached out beyond Russia to create a user community. I did tell him that his work has been mentioned on emc-developers during discussions about ARM-based systems. I'm guessing he hasn't been monitoring this list. As for his Web interface, in my opening message to him I expressed my interest in porting the Web server to my x86-based LinuxCNC system and putting it through its paces. I also asked if he were willing to see his Web interface code added to the LinuxCNC project, either to the base or as an experimental add-on, and he did not demur. In his last message 4 days ago, he said he would prepare and send to me the Web server code asap. I was just getting ready to follow up on that when I saw your message here. I'll certainly keep the list informed. In the meantime, those of you who are interested in his miniemc2 work should say so on his site. The comments are a bit hidden. Look at the bottom of http://code.google.com/p/miniemc2/wiki/PageName Of course, we can also suggest he participate in the ARM discussions on this list. Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
