Interesting review of BeagleBone Black in this month's Custom PC (on Sainsbury's shelves right now).
Marcus On 7 Aug 2013, at 08:30, Paul Lacatus wrote: > Hi everybody, > > My name is Paul Lacatus and I am quite new on this list. I am using > LinuxCNC for a few months on my Proxxon MF70 converted to CNC. Up to > this moment I am using an old Pentium 1GHz for this job as standalone > computer. . Right not the computer is bigger than the mill and on the > work table the computer is occupying more then 70% with a display and > keyboard. > > I have read something about the implementation of LinuxCNC on BeagleBone > Black. I have available a BeagleBone white ( 720 MHz 256 MB ram) . My > questions now : > > 1. Is this card strong enough for running LinuxCNC headless ? Or should > I get a BeagleBone Black (1GHz / 512 MB ? > 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 ) ? > 3. If I have already the driver board controlled by LPT port of the > computer did I need and extra hardware of interfacing BeagleBone or a > simple logic level conversion is enough. > > Paul > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
