Well, to give my understanding, To have a real time interface to physical world, there is the need to use some hardware. When you speak about hardware, you mean as well driver, and this start to be quite complicated.
- This can be ethercat, as much as I know, there is no driver for linuxcnc. Also, hardware is quite expensive. - This can be canopen, I don't know of real time hardware (this exclude USB dongle), as well as linuxcnc seem to not support it (yet?) - This can be pluto P FPGA board, I did use it on small application, work well, but not big and serious enough for this project. - this can be some other of theses solutions: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/ (see under hardware driver), but honestly, most are old, not much maintened. - As much as I know, Mesa is supported, and that the solution I want to use, to save time and energy. I did have expectation to deliver some hardware interface solution for linuxcnc (I'm hardware electronic senior), but honestly, between the definition of the product, the conception, the driver and the continuous evolution of linux, with all the differents uses people want of the product, it's an really hard target goal. Maybe one day... Claude On 21.01.2016 19:41, 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
