Andy Pugh wrote: > 2009/11/4 Edward Rupp <[email protected]>: > >> Does anyone know if anyone has used EMC to control the motion of a >> mobile differentially steered robot? Is it possible for EMC to run two >> motors for such motion? Is it possible to pass G code or other >> instructions real time from some other program to EMC? >> > > I don't think there is much point using Axis or the G-code interpreter > in this application, they seem like an unnecessary layer. > It might be possible to control steppers directly from HAL but I > haven't got access to EMC right now to try it. > > I've been asking similar questions about how to control motion with other means beside G code and one solution track I am currently pursuing is using a Python program to interface to Hal. Hal (in the simplest terms) is the program interface to the motion and I/O back end of EMC2. Hal itself has some logic capabilities itself but nothing as extensive as what Python can do.
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