On 1/24/20 12:47 PM, Les Newell wrote: > >>> On 24 Jan 2020, at 19:51, Chris Albertson >>> <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> But we could design things so the requirements are VEY loose at the >>> highest >>> level for 0.5-second latencies being acceptable. >> Not rigid tapping. >> > And jogging would be horrible. >
When the issue comes up for a replacement for LinuxCNC with a more modern software it is always for stepper only systems and not servo. They have not thought through the issues of 5+ axis servo or rigid tapping or synchronizing axis motion with lasers , galvos or inkjet printheads, all of which I do with LCNC. I know that I work on lots of hybrid systems that combine different technologies and LinuxCNC lets me do that pretty easily. That is why we (we being mostly the guy down the hall from me) have been keeping RTAI alive. If there is a way to move to a different system architecture with the GUI on a 12 inch (30.5cm) plus display and have the motion control offloaded to a separate real-time processor that gives me more features and flexibility than I have now I might be interested. Moving to a different system architecture with the GUI on one device and the motion control offloaded to a separate real-time processor that just gives me "more modern" isn't worth my development time. It will also take lots more work than making the mods I do now or keeping RTAI going. Changing the system architecture will have to give me more than I have now to make such development worthwhile. The display will have to be large enough to display all the controls plus be rugged and reliable, so NOT a smartphone. I also don't want to control any machine that can easily kill someone or me over a wireless connection. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
