Hello Mike, The wiki for the TCT configs should give a good starting point for adapting your configuration: https://github.com/thecooltool/machinekit-configs/wiki/adapting-tct-config
You can also communicate with the BBB via Machinetalk: https://github.com/machinekit/pymachinetalk Mike writes: > Hello everyone. > first posting on this forum. > > I'm working on developing new methods in 3D printing, > for this purpose I chose a platform which I could easily extend and > I heard about Machinekit before, and it looks like the right platform for > my purposes. > so the Uni-mat 3d printer which uses machinekit in its Sandybox controller > was ideal. > > I'm trying to add a few switches to be turned on and off during Gcode > execution. > -ideally also give those switches an of/off duty cycle frequency (though in > the range of 10-20Hz, so nothing too fast) > > In the future I would like to extend the control to other equipment such as > syringe pumps etc. > I dont want to hack the sandybox (physically) and its parrallel port shield > does not allow further extension. > > maybe a splitter for the parrallel port would be enough, but I'm not sure > how many of the pins on it are free. > so another solution I thought could work was to communicate remotly with > another Beaglebone via Ethernet or another bus. > and send it some of the Gcode execution commands. > with the other beaglebone running a daemon to execute those commands, maybe > via ssh or someother protocol. > > I've been reading the documentation about using Mahcinekit so far, but now > I've deceided to finally try and expand it. > I'm looking for any advice, and to learn more > Thanks! -- Alexander -- 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.
