> But even better is a more modularized Machine Kit architecture that > lets you run the various parts on different computers that each use a > different OS. The real time loops could run under a true RTOS, > then path planning g-code parsing and graphics could all be done on > some other computers or even a couple of them in user space.
Sound reasonable and I am working in that direction although a little bit slow but soon I should be able to move into Linuxcnc. > I'm using an RTOS for some other motion control work and getting much > better performance on much less powerful hardware. I also do but mostly I run from interrupt handler with almost perfect performance. I think need for real time computation are rather small compared to most software on an ordinary computer. Number of real time tasks are rather small. I guess TCP/IP communication is the choice for communication with user interface. For real timer there might be Ethercat, CAN, UART, SPI and they are all usually availble for the larger micro controllers, GPIOs connected directly to CPU bus may also be used but there are limited number available of these. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
