On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 at 01:28, Rod Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > I wondered how much effort there was in adding a new hal type. PCW has > mentioned a string type would be helpful
Master has hal_port which I think was intended to address that sort of application. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man3/hal_port.3hal.html > it would not be hard to add an s64 as well. I don't actually think there is any need. The internal 64-bit buffers mainly exist to calculate the floating-point positions for encoders and stepgens. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
