> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 13:09:59 -0500
> From: char...@steinkuehler.net
> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] on the subject of governance
>
> The typical LinuxCNC / Mach user wants a working tool, and is less
> interested in the "guts" of the control box. That's one reason I want
> to try and get LinuxCNC (easily) usable by the maker community...these
> are the folks who are more likely to be contributing code,
> configuration, and documentation improvements.
I hope we can tap into that.
> I still think there is a window of opportunity to get LinuxCNC, and
> specifically HAL in big with the maker crowd. These are folks who
> re-compile their firmware to change things like steps per distance for
> a given axis. The ability to easily manipulate PID control loops, run
> halscope, and all the other goodness that comes with LinuxCNC is so
> beyond what can be done today with the conventional control software
> most folks don't even know enough to miss it.
>
Hal is the lever of linuxcnc's success. I'd be nice if the rest of the world
could benefit from it. i am sure we would get return benefits.
> So...I'm working on trying to make a fairly simple "off-the-shelf"
> system out of the BeagleBone that can run LinuxCNC with enough
> performance to beat out the AVR and low-end ARM based controllers,
> with the hope that as the maker folk start using this solution other
> bits and pieces will fall into place (like attractive and intuitive
> control screens, sample machine setup files with good feed-forward PID
> temperature control, etc). I realize this may not align well (or at
> all) with the existing LinuxCNC community's view of it's future, but
> I'm OK with that. I'm new here and don't know all the things I'm not
> supposed to do or say. :)
>
> - --
> Charles Steinkuehler
I've said may times -It's amazing what you can do when you don't know you can't.
or not allowed to :)
I +1 your work. It has already benefited us, hope we aren't too much of a pain
for you.
Chris M
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