Hello Andrew, I just looked at the NIST site. The Robocrane is quite a complex project. I suspect that EMC should be able to serve as the foundation for your project since you can plug in your own kinematics and EMC is highly configurable hardware interface wise. I suspect the Robocrane is a step further in the hexapod evolution, so you should maybe study a search on "hexapod" at linuxcnc.org. Check these:
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Alex_Joni's_Toy http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Koppi's_Toy http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/lxr/source/configs/hexapod-sim/ Be prepared to create your own C code. If you haven't already done so, you might want to study the basics by getting a demo CD working: http://www.linuxcnc.org/content/view/21/4/lang,en/ Then interface an encoder to your parallel port using the etch-servo configuration (in Sample Configurations, study etch.ini and etch.hal for connection information) and a NetMOS parallel port card ("lspci -v" will come in handy). Then maybe drive a stepper or DC servo motor like this setup: http://emergent.unpy.net/projects/01142347802 I found a good motor and encoder in a junk Epson C-80 printer (sure hated to see that printer go). Good luck. I'll try to help, if I can. Others here are better at the nitty-gritty stuff. Kirk Wallace ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 16:29 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear enc-users: > > Hello my name is Andrew I am new to this list. I want to make a cable > robot milling machine similar to the > NIST 1meter robocrane milling machine. Any help would be appreciated. > If this list is not relevant > to obtain this kind of information, please direct me to where I can > obtain it. I am starting from scratch. > I want to obtain all relevant information before I start. Are there > any simulations software that can be run on > a PC. > > Thank you for your help, > > Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
