Hi, If you haven't already, you should check out the blog at http://bb-lcnc.blogspot.com for images and status on running LinuxCNC on Beaglebones.
I know that Charles, who writes the blog, and I are both running BBBs with HDMI enabled. The hdmi "issues" with the Black have to do with the fact that the capes were designed for the BBW, and pins were used that are needed for hdmi on the Black. Fortunately, the BBB and LinuxCNC makes it easy to move functions to other pins. The most recent MachineKit image available at the link above has a configuration which avoids the conflicting pins on the Black. Charles uses the bridge adapter for his printer. I'm just using a rats nest of wires to connect my BBB to some hardware I already had, in this case a RAMPS board. Troy On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Paul Lacatus <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07.08.2013 15:03, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > > 2013/8/7 Paul Lacatus <[email protected]> > > > >> Your idea is interesting but an Atom board is at a fraction of BB cost > >> that is about 50 Euro ? And what about parallel ports on atom boards ? I > >> will check. Thank you ! > >> > >> PS The BBW is just laying on my table ;) > > > > BTW Beaglebone is much easier to mount somewhere in the electronics > cabinet > > The only thing that keeps me from using Beaglebone are the emails about > > hdmi and pru fight for particular pins, so there were some difficulties > > about them. I know that Charles has a working solution, but I do not know > > any details. > > Disabling hdmi and running the beaglebone headless is definitely a > > solution, but I know that I am not that advanced to set up something like > > that. > > > the BBW that I already have has no HDMI but has also low specifications > ( comparable with RasPi that I also have 720MHz Cortex , 256 MB ) than > BBB . I am prepared to use it headless with X11 server on other machine > . That why I proposed Raspi for an X11 server. I like Axis toolpath > preview and I don't want to loose it ;). On BBB I heard That is a > "bridge cape" that is solving the pin problems. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! > It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. > Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
