For a sim only version, I even saw on phlatforum.com a guy posted instructions on running the emc2 CD on VMWare on a windows machine. It whines about not doing the RT correctly, but it works OK for simulation.
If we could find an inexpensive small board that is bullet proof enough for shop use, that could be a real boon to the spread of EMC2 and low cost CNC work. ><> ... Jack On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > Jeshua Lacock wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> Can anyone recommend a way to run EMC on a portable device? >> >> I know it doesn't work well on (at all?) on most laptops. Can anyone >> recommend a way to run it in a moving vehicle? I want to control a >> servo while on the road.... >> >> I suppose I could build a PC and have it run off of a 12-volt power >> supply, but was wondering if there might be any better viable solutions. >> > Some laptops handle RT properly, they are low power by def and 12 V to > laptop converters are available. I am working on infrastructure to port > EMC2 > to the Beagleboard, a 3 W computer that is 3 x 3 inches. But, we aren't > there, > yet. I am working on a board to put a standard EPP port on it, and a guy in > Germany is working on the RTAI port. But, none of this will be available > in the next few months. You could probably port the sim version of EMC > to it now, if you wanted to. It already runs many flavors of Linux. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
