On 01/23/2020 11:45 PM, John Dammeyer wrote:
I really don't know what is going on under the covers for
either the MESA Ethernet 7i92H or the Ethernet Smooth
Stepper for MACH. But considering the power of the
processors running machines back in the 90's or early
2000's and that the mechanics for the metal cutting
haven't changed much, my guess is that some 32 bit
processor _not_ running Linux so that the
graphics/USB/etc. doesn't cripple the real time behaviour
will be the solution.
You keep going around and around saying that LinuxCNC
doesn't work. Thousands of people are using it daily, and
know it DOES work! If you want to do software stepping, how
about Machinekit on the Beagle Bone, using the PRU
to do the step generation? This works amazingly well, and
costs about $145 plus keyboard, mouse and LCD screen.
Or, you can network into the Beagle and use some other
machine for the man-machine interface.
Jon
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