Oh, I was more interested in it as a development testbed. I'm already working with an fpga cape on the BBB, and I have similar goals as you for exploring possibilities for future specialized products.
On Jun 14, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Steve Stallings <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, as stated when the K9 was first described, it was > created as a development tool and we are not selling it > as a product. Only a few will be built. > > It has two purposes. > > The first is to help with getting LinuxCNC working on the > BeagleBone. As a software development platform, it comes > with a few of almost everything we could think of for > testing purposes. > > It is not a good foundation for building a regular machine. > For simple machines it far to complicated and it is time > consuming to build. On the other hand, it does not have > enough industrial interface hardware for large CNC machines. > > Lots of progress has already been made on moving LinuxCNC > to the BeagleBone platform and most of the dust will probably > be settled by the time our Wichita meeting is over. > > The second purpose was to help us explore what people really > expect and need from a LinuxCNC system running on a BeagleBone. > After that gets sorted out, real products will follow. > > Please let us know what you feel is necessary for a practical > product, and for what type of machine you are expressing your > opinions. > > Thanks, > Steve Stallings > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ian McMahon [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 11:16 PM >> To: EMC developers >> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] looks like the K9-SmorgasBoard >> will make it toWichita >> >> Wow, that's quite a board! >> >> I'm not going to be able to make wichita, but I'd like to get >> my hands on one. Are they gonna be for sale? (populated or not) >> >> Ian >> >> >> On Jun 13, 2013, at 11:06 PM, "Steve Stallings" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Well we got the boards and have one mostly built. >>> >>> Lots of testing and debug remain, but at least the >>> power system functions and the BeagleBone runs in >>> place on the K9. >>> >>> The goal is to have two running boards at the show >>> along with enough tools and gizmos to do some serious >>> testing of both hardware and software. >>> >>> Here is a photo of the first board: >>> >>> http://www.pmdx.com/k9/K9-first-photo.JPG >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Steve Stallings >>> >>> >>> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------------- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: >>> >>> Build for Windows Store. >>> >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-developers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: >> >> Build for Windows Store. >> >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-developers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
