Well I bit the bullet and ordered one of those tiny little guys. So now it's a waiting game for the Radeon 9200 video board for $11 and the little SSD. Both slated for end of October to Mid November. By then I should have the X axis Motor mounts cast and machined.
Meanwhile, just tested the Z axis output to a UHU controller with a 24V motor that has a 360 line encoder from the PC parallel port. No issues so far. I still want to play more with the Beagle but at least I do have a fallback. Thanks for everyone's help. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > Sent: October-19-17 5:04 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] PC MB for Linux. > > On 10/18/2017 11:14 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > I do have one question about this module just before I order one. Is the > Debian LinuxCNC set up to _not_ use the 'hard drive' for any temp files? > > Over time it wouldn't take long to wear out the FLASH memory. > I've been using an SSD drive in my main desktop since 2013, > with no sign of degradation. I have heard of some guys who > were using SSDs on compile farms that did manage to wear > them out in a year or so. There are some file system > settings like noatime that reduce writing to the directory. > > Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > 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 > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
