Hi all, I'm slowly making a change over from MACH & x86 platform to Machinekit & BBB. In that time I've been working on a "modular" cape. At the moment it consists of thre boards, a "passive cape" that attaches to the BBB and physically groups the pins and two other boards, that mimic a x86 PP pin out. ie 1 group of 8 outputs, 1 group of 5 inputs ad 1 group of 4 outputs on the "output board" and 1 group of 8 inputs, 1 group of 5 inputs and 1 group of 4 outputs on the "input board". The Output & Input board connect via a 26 pin ribbon cable to the "passive cape". So far I've had a batch of the Passive & Output capes made and am doing some testing. The main goal of this idea was to make the transfer from a PC & Parallel port setup to BBB a bit easier (maybe ?). I'm not looking to make money I have a few boards that will be available for free once I'm happy and all design files will be put up on github shortly. Please note that this does not the BBB a parallel port. The group of 8 outputs on the "Output" board are connected to the PRU pins for step & direction. The Output & Input boards fit a 72mm PCB DIN Rail Support. All through hole components have been used for easy assembly.
Thanks for looking. Cheers Rob <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Q1rQk-NMuA/WaUK8YIp_ZI/AAAAAAAAACU/iheVPk68bNU2V5uv99ENBJAlbc6EEgcCgCLcBGAs/s1600/pp_bob_input.png> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mh42Yarq5BE/WaUKwRhOt9I/AAAAAAAAACQ/sOMu7jJKl_8PXYQ2w6Jg29txkIZba4JWwCLcBGAs/s1600/pp_bob_output.png> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5Tu8HXzqf_g/WaUKi4e6MMI/AAAAAAAAACM/bepUWL-km38YNksyoeto95sqcG_zqQ2zgCLcBGAs/s1600/pp_cape.png> -- 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.
