On 8/1/2012 10:43 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 1 August 2012 15:05, Kent A. Reed <kentallanr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Even a self-contained CNC controller could have two motherboards inside, >> one to handle the LinuxCNC functions and one to handle the GUI > But why would you bother when you can get a Mesa/Pico card for less > that makes ultimate latency irrelevant, and costs less, and adds > dozens of IO pins too? >
Just pointing out the possibilities. As a matter of fact, I do have a Pico card (Jon sez mine is ancient). I don't remember it costing less (!) than the motherboards we're talking about but I bought it for the other goodnesses you mention back when no motherboard gave particularly good latency numbers. It still seems a good idea. There remains the minor problem of finding boards with copacetic GPUs. I can build a Xterminal once and forget it. Cheers, Kent PS - I guess the Olympics are getting boring. After a big lull on this board since Friday, traffic is starting to build up again:-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
