I wanted to do about the same thing and found this: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/halmodule.html
Also in addition to the above you will need to write to a serial port. Here is a walkthrough: https://pyserial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/shortintro.html Are you designing the USB device? If so you might want to add some protocol around the data. At least a flag value at the start and a simple crc at the end. On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 7:53 AM <ken.stra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am attempting to produce a Python component which periodically outputs > X/Y/Z/A coordinates via a serial port that is actually a USB connection. > This is similar to what is required for pendants that display the current > coordinates. Can anyone suggest a tutorial or source code that could be > adapted to my needs? > > I have looked at http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man1/xhc-hb04.1.html > but > I'm hoping for something simpler and a little easier to adapt to Python. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
