On 12/6/2016 5:30 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > thats is a relevant question.. i havent got that far.. but that thing runs > machinekit and a drummed down version of debian im guessing with a custom > kernel?! > It's not acting as an addon board no?!
The DE0-Nano (and any of the other FPGA+SoC platforms supported in the mksocfpga repository) function both as a control computer (with Linux and machinekit running on the ARM hard core processors) and as a Mesa open-source VHDL add-on card (ie: like a 5i24 or 5i25) running in the FPGA fabric (with the full details depending on what you compile into the FPGA). With a simple adapter board, it is possible to connect Mesa 25 or 50 pin daughter cards to the FPGA as well (I have a 25-pin adapter designed for the DE0-Nano). Pretty much the only big missing piece for a full machine controller is a decent graphics display, since none of the SoC+FPGA chips have bulit-in graphics or GPUs, and those are complex enough it doesn't really make sense to try and build a GPU with FPGA gates. You would probably want to use a remote system or a tablet/touchscreen for the display, or run a machine that doesn't require much in the way of a UI. -- Charles Steinkuehler [email protected] -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
