> >> > >> It is for a plasma cutter configuration, stepper motors for the axes and > >> LinuxCNC doing the torch height control. > >> > > Totally get that. Wouldn't want a tool like I'm proposing on a 3D printer > either. > > John > > This is just one instance where LinuxCNC with it's flexibility really shines. > Recall I've never said anything about getting rid of LinuxCNC as a trajectory planner nor user interface with tool path display etc.
But isn't a plasma cutter a lot like a 3D printer? Especially one that uses a touch probe to map the surface and tweaks the Z axis so the plastic ends up flat. I use OctoPi to interface to mine. But that's only as something that pulls serial data from the USB port and repackages it as a web page on my laptop in another room. And when it comes to 3D printing where's the push to replace all those Arduino's and Pi interfaces with a PC and a full keyboard, mouse and screen? After all wouldn't they work so much better if they were running LinuxCNC? So although in the case of the lights out behaviour of my 3D printer I could (and have) put the laptop right beside the printer and used OctoPi to do other setup or control stuff. But for the most part I'm not near it. The camera on the Pi2 provides the feedback I need. And I'm not suggesting this for a milling machine or a lathe. But my point is I use the stupid little 5 button array to navigate through a set of annoying menus to turn on the heater bed, heater, load filament, home it, calibrate on the corners etc. And then I could load the G-Code file from the SD card and start printing. But I prefer the the OctoPi interface which is really in some ways like the AXIS Interface for LinuxCNC. I just think that when we talk about LinuxCNC nowadays we're not really talking about LinuxCNC anymore. We're talking about A PC with the LinuxCNC software connected to some sort of sophisticated FPGA/Processor board which has things like the stepping engine off loaded to it. And this external card may or may not also be the BoB. John > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
