Ok Andy that sounds great. I’ll pull out the little beast and give it a whirl. One question tho, will this build on Wheezy or do I need something “more” modern. It would be great to put the BBB and the breakout boards back into service, even for an overkill project. Cheers Rob
Composed with my Crayons > On 14 Jun 2021, at 22:57, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 at 08:32, Robert Murphy <robert.mur...@gmx.com> wrote: >> >> What I was thinking of is a simple GUI control the position of the >> fence, and hooking a ESP32 (via ethernet) to do the motion >> control.. > > This sounds like it might be simple enough to do with a BBB and PRU > stepgens or even with software stepgens on A BB or a Pi. > > I pulled PRU support into LinuxCNC some time ago, but nobody stepped > forward to test it. (And without a BBB buildbot builder no packages > are made) > git checkout andypugh/bb_pru to try it out. > > > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
