On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Kirk Wallace wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:01:24 -0700 > From: Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] (no subject) or, old system vs new system > > On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 09:19 -0700, dave wrote: >> On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 12:05 -0400, Kent A. Reed wrote: >>> Don Stanley said, in part: > ... snip >> Old, "un-improved" >>> Pentiums end up looking very good when your foremost goal is consistent, >>> low latency. > ... snip >> Good post. Sorry to have snipped so much of it but... >> All of the above is what makes the ARM/Beagle-board port so attractive. >> We don't need blazing speed, just blazing interrupt response and context >> switching. >> >> Dave > > I tend to think, what is made in the millions that closely does what I > need and can be modified to the task. I wonder if maybe a car engine or > appliance controller could be used for EMC2. My guess is that it would > be hard to hack the software on these, but the idea is that with the > proper conditions, they could be had for free, or low cost. Though these > controllers don,t have user interfaces, so a remote interface would need > to be developed too. > > Probably the best bang for the buck is to dumpster dive for an older ATX > PC. If you collect enough of them, one is bound to work. With my EMC2 > PC's, I usually need to fiddle with the xorg.conf quite a bit so, > getting intimate and spending quality time with this file and the > troubleshooting section of the wiki is getting to be a requirement. > > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > >
Whats wrong with the Intel D510 motherboards at ~$80. I think they have ~8-10 usec latency with the SMP 10.04 kernel. Peter Wallace ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
