On 2015-03-07 09:51, Frederic RIBLE wrote:
> I am thinking about using an Android tablet connected by Wifi or USB to 
> a LinuxCNC controller (PC or Beagleboard).

I've made some trys with a webbased position-logger:
https://github.com/tinkercnc/LinuxCNC2Websocket
but its only a simple demo.

for arm based boards:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=33809
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RaspbianXenomaiBuild

based on this I've played a little bit ...
https://github.com/tinkercnc/spi-fpga-driver

but its very outdated.

> VNC or X Window server on the tablet is an option, but I am afraid of 
> poor performances (low refresh rate, latency, high throughput on the link).
> Another option would be to run Gmoccapy locally on the tablet and have a 
> TCP/IP connection to the LinuxCNC controller.
> What about having a linuxcnc/hal Python class running remotely over 
> TCP/IP for that ?

http://sourceforge.net/p/emc/mailman/emc-users/thread/20131021140537.GA41261%40unpythonic.net/#msg31544568
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/common/python-interface.html

and some further considerations...
http://sourceforge.net/p/emc/mailman/message/32272428/

> --
> Frederic (http://cnc.f1oat.org)
>
>

happy coding :)

Matsche

-- 
"In der Wissenschaft siegt nie eine neue Theorie,
nur ihre Gegner sterben nach und nach"

Max Planck


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