That is not true at all. LinuxCNC supports a fairly wide range of I/O devices.
Jon Elson offers a line of products that we have drivers for. We also have drivers for a couple of older servo boards, but the manufacturers of those boards haven't been keeping up with the changes in the computer world. Mesa is popular for several reasons: 1) they are a forward looking company who are actively developing new products 2) they are committed to open source and help the Linux CNC team write drivers 3) their products are very competitive on price 4) they have great support - Pete from Mesa regularly reads this list Do you know of anyone else who is offering products that LinuxCNC should support? If so, share the company and links to the products. Writing a driver for an I/O board varies from reasonably simple to very complex, based on the I/O board design and level of documentation. The manufacturer can write a driver, they can encourage (possibly with $$) someone else to write a driver, or they can simply hope someone wants to use their board and will write a driver. On Thu, Jan 21, 2016, at 01:41 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > I'm a little puzzled. > > Lately the discussion on servos and LinuxCNC appears to give the impression > that the only solution is a PC and boards from Mesa. Does that mean > LinuxCNC has now become a defacto Mesa product? > > Either stepper motors and an older PC that supports parallel port or if you > want servos that aren't driven with a Gecko Step/Dir input (much like a > stepper motor) then it's a Mesa product or nothing? > > John Dammeyer -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
