Hi Paul, Machine Kit and C. Steinkuehlers blog may be a good place to look for. I have LCNC on panda, beagle, and beaglebone running. So I think you don't need to start from scratch.
Ju > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 21:13:42 +0300 > From: "Paul S." <[email protected]> > Subject: [Emc-developers] GPIO usage > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <CAP=r9tprvj8kfai8u1bjxgxlpheyogydefndcmr4s1wegka...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello, I am running LinuxCNC on an ARM9 board which was no LTP but has GPIO > pins, so I've been wondering is there any way to create a mill > configuration to use them to control stepper motors. > > -- > sincerely, Paul > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:24:56 -0700 > From: Sebastian Kuzminsky <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] GPIO usage > To: EMC developers <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 11/20/13 11:13 , Paul S. wrote: > > Hello, I am running LinuxCNC on an ARM9 board which was no LTP but has GPIO > > pins, so I've been wondering is there any way to create a mill > > configuration to use them to control stepper motors. > > You'll need a HAL driver for your GPIO pins. Once you have that it > should be easy, just connect the output of the software step generator > to the GPIO pins instead of to parallel port pins. > > I have no idea what drivers are already available for ARM GPIOs, or for > your specific board. It may be that a driver exists that you can use, > or it may be that you'd have to write one yourself. > > If you write one, please contribute it back! > > > -- > Sebastian Kuzminsky > > > > ********************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
