>Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:44:20 +0300 >From: Paul Lacatus <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on Beaglebone for a small mill > Proxxon MF70 >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >On 07.08.2013 12:35, andy pugh wrote: >> On 7 August 2013 08:30, Paul Lacatus <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2. I need a display and keyboard near the Proxxon for setting and >> control . If I am using BBW can I use a Raspberry Pi for X11 server ? >> In that case running Axis can be overkill for BBW ( grafic acceleration >> is in Raspi ) ? >> I don't think it is strictly necessary to run the BBW or BBB headless. >> It is just about possible to run the Axis GUI and move hardware with >> the Raspberry Pi. (Not that I can recommend that, the RPi step >> generator doesn't actually appear to work properly). >> >> Or is there a strong reason that BBB installations have to run headless? >> >As far as I understood from what I found on the net the BBB grafic is >not quite performant it is only a interface from the LCD interface >existing also on the BBW to HDMI. In that case the load on the >processor for displaying AXIS is important. That why my idea was to move >this burden od x11 server to another "machine" that is better prepared >for this job. The problem with RPI is that the real time kernel modules >are not implemented and the access to GPIO in not fast enough for Linux >CNC . This infos I got from the net maybe I am wrong. > >Paul
My MF70 is controlled by RPi running LCNC. See here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=33809 Cheers! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
