> On 19 Jan 2017, at 08:45, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 18/01/2017 22:10, Oliver Rew wrote: >> Hi, I recently got very exciting about running my CNC from MachineKit on a >> BBB, but after getting a BBB and a cape, my hopes were quickly deflated by >> the lethargic performance of the GUI's on the BBB. I have tried tkMachineKit >> and it is indeed faster, but is nowhere near the convenience and speed of >> GMOCCAPY or AXIS running on a very old x86. >> >> Retrofitting old CNC's is a hobby of my father and myself, and my hope with >> MachineKit on BBB was for a small, simple, drop-in system that didn't >> require me to search for a big and old x86 box and deal with all it's >> ambiguities in order to run LinuxCNC. However, these limitations on GUI's >> have dashed my hopes. > > Not sure how running on a x86 can be described as full of ambiguities > compared to a BBB! > > People have been doing it for years before the BBB was even made. > > A BBB feels slower than running on an old x86, because it is. > > I would suggest that you have a basic level rethink and look at the available > mini ITX boards available like the J1900, which are known to work well and > have 10x the processing power of a BBB, with inbuilt graphics that work well.
I've used a couple of J1900 motherboards and they work great. Together with a 5i25/6i26 + 7i76 mesa card. > > Some of the fanless ones take a 12v supply and can quite easily be built into > a controller head for instance. >> >> I have attempted to research the underlying problems with the GUI, but these >> discussion quickly go beyond my knowledge. As far as I can tell, it mostly >> has to do with the 3D g-code preview window and the graphics driver behind >> it. Is the problem that the driver doesn't run well on the BBB, or that any >> sort of 3D g-code simulation is too process intensive for the BBB? People >> have said disabling the g-code simulation does increase speed significantly, >> but g-code simulation is a standard feature on most CNC softwares and is >> very handy for the end user. >> >> Are there any current, more feature-rich GUI's that work well on the BBB? >> Are there any in development? Have a look at the remote GUI capabilities of qtquickvcp and Cetus. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
