(Phase2): MachinekitClient is now part of the QtQuickVcp build, no need for an extra repository. To build for the RPi you can follow the command line instructions: https://github.com/machinekoder/QtQuickVcp#linux and the CI scripts: https://github.com/machinekoder/QtQuickVcp/blob/master/build/Linux/portable/Recipe
There should not be any need to configure your touchscreen specifically for QtQuickVcp as long as the OpenGL driver is working, which should be the default with the RPi. (Phase3): The RT kernel not necessarily a dependency for Machinekit. The RPi has quite a lot of computation power and from my understanding, a pendant does not have strict RT requirements as a servo-encoder loop. So for your application as Pendant, a POSIX installation of Machinekit and a software encoder might be good enough. If you are planning to build a handheld pendant OLED rendering might be interesting for you: https://machinekoder.com/rendering-to-a-monochrome-oled-display-with-qml/ this allows QtQuickVcp to be rendered to an OLED display. Am Sonntag, 11. März 2018 08:44:48 UTC+1 schrieb Tom M: > > I got my MPCNC running rather well with my cramps and BBB. I'm at a point > where I could use a pendant control. I want to make my own using a RPI3 > with a touchscreen and a physical MPG using QtQuickVcp > > I'm trying to layout a roadmap to teach myself on how to do this. I done > a fair amount of reading on this, but haven't physically done it yet. > I know where I want to wind up, I'm just not sure on path to get there. > Any comments would be appreciated. > > (Phase 0) > Work through the hello world on a separate BBB before applying it to my > MPCNC config. > https://github.com/machinekoder/QtQuickVcpHelloWorld > > (Phase 1) > Design or adapts a control panel with a virtual MPG for my MPCNC and test > it out first using a Android tablet using the prebuilt MachineKitClient > that I can down load from the play store. > > (Phase 2) > Build a MachineKitClient for the RPI. I suspect once I get to this point > this will all make sense, but at the moment I'm confused. I see there was > a github repo for the machinekitclient > https://github.com/machinekoder/MachinekitClient but it redirects to > here: https://github.com/machinekoder/QtQuickVcp. How does one build > project MachineKitClient for an RPI? If so, it's it a matter of just > building for the RPI or is there going to be work involved in getting the > touch screen for the RPI to work? > > (Phase 3) > My understanding is that if I want to get a physical MPG working, I would > need to install a RT kernal and build machinekit on the RPI since there is > no precompiled binary to read the physical pulse generator. Is this > correct? (No clue on how to do that yet, but I'm hoping by the time I get > to this point it will make sense.) > -- 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.
