On 1/25/20 4:41 PM, Alan Condit wrote: > I am just trying to figure out your idea? Who parses the gcode file? The $5 > chip? > If you are running everything but the user interface on the $5 chip, it > sounds like headless lcnc to me.
Yes. But the GUI should not be X. I assume it should be some new modern web interface that works on any device with a display that has network connectivity.All the kids are doing it, don't be square :). http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EMC_Components I recall comments from the developers that NML was just a quick way at the time to connect the GUI to Tasks, IO and Motion control in LinuxCNC. https://www.nist.gov/publications/neutral-message-language-model-and-method-message-passing-heterogeneous-environments https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/el/isd/cs/nml-tutorial.pdf http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/code/NML_Messages.html Machinekit replaced NML with Machinetalk: https://machinekoder.com/machinetalk-explained-part-1-introduction/ I think NML is what turns off new developers. > > If you are running 6 axis on the $5 chip then you have all the wiring > complexities that we have now. The $5 chip needs to connect to a breakout > board something > like that to protect the chip and it (the $5 chip) needs to be located > someplace where it is convenient to wire all the axises from. So other than > the difference in cost what does this $5 chip buy you? Yes if the chip was free it would still need lots more glue around it to interface to the outside world with all its different voltage levels and noise. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
