Re: [Emc-users] STM32 Blue Pill --> distance between pins

2019-03-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 12 March 2019 18:40:49 Chris Albertson wrote: > > > So a Pi with an external STM32 may well send step/dir signals or > > > SPI based messages to the driver but tracking that spindle encoder > > > for threading is a bit more intensive. > > The STM32 chip has hardware quadrature

Re: [Emc-users] STM32 Blue Pill --> distance between pins

2019-03-12 Thread Chris Albertson
> > So a Pi with an external STM32 may well send step/dir signals or SPI > > based messages to the driver but tracking that spindle encoder for > > threading is a bit more intensive. The STM32 chip has hardware quadrature decoders. These are a set of flip-flops and counters that exist on the

Re: [Emc-users] More for PCW

2019-03-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 12 March 2019 15:08:51 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Tue, 12 Mar 2019, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:08:34 -0400 > > From: Gene Heskett > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io

2019-03-12 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019, Gene Heskett wrote: And I note, after making the first 4 inputs into analog, 8 bit digitized voltage inputs by appending sseriel_port_0=1 to the hm2_pci config string, (that I'll need to feed 12 volts to derive a to voltage scale factor calibration) that the above 4

Re: [Emc-users] More for PCW

2019-03-12 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:08:34 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More for PCW On Tuesday 12 March 2019 11:17:05 Peter C. Wallace wrote: On Tue, 12

Re: [Emc-users] kinematics problem

2019-03-12 Thread Chris Albertson
If the joint limits where being ignored then the problem would be that the joint limits were being ignored, not just "no motion". The way I would debug this is to program one joint at a time. Get the base joint to work in world coordinates first. Figure out what happens when you give it a

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io

2019-03-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 12 March 2019 12:50:52 linden wrote: > Thanks to Andy and Peter io is working > > In the end it was to things not quite right: > > - Vin was off on TB1 pin 5        (unable to communicate with field > IO) > > - Syntax errors in Hal  (functioning Hal below) > > Hope this is

[Emc-users] encoder -- put in

2019-03-12 Thread a k
hi this is from usdigital about encoders and video ! You can find the EC35 assembly instructions on our website here: https://cdn.usdigital.com/assets/assembly/EC35%20Assembly%20Instructions.pdf And an assembly video on our website here:

Re: [Emc-users] More for PCW

2019-03-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 12 March 2019 11:17:05 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Tue, 12 Mar 2019, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:12:23 -0400 > > From: Gene Heskett > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Emc-users] More

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io

2019-03-12 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019, linden wrote: Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:50:52 -0700 From: linden To: Peter C. Wallace , andy pugh Cc: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: mesa 7i76e io Thanks to Andy and Peter io is working In the end it was to things not quite right: - Vin was off on

Re: [Emc-users] kinematics problem

2019-03-12 Thread yomin estiven jaramillo munera
hi andy, do you believe that could be a mistake in the DH parameters? I would like ask you, how does the genserkins define the limits of the robot in the kinematics? i ask you that because we entered the limits for each joint in .ini file but ¿does the genserkins take these parameters in

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io

2019-03-12 Thread linden
Thanks to Andy and Peter io is working In the end it was to things not quite right: - Vin was off on TB1 pin 5        (unable to communicate with field IO) - Syntax errors in Hal  (functioning Hal below) Hope this is some use to some one in the future. thanks again linden * *

Re: [Emc-users] More for PCW

2019-03-12 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:12:23 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] More for PCW Greetings Peter; The 7i76d has a spindle encoder, so I'm looking for

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io

2019-03-12 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019, Linden wrote: Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 01:51:42 -0700 From: Linden Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io Hello all I am not sure if i understand correctly how the D0 work between

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io

2019-03-12 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 11:20, linden wrote: > I now get an error "parameter or pin 'hm2_7i76e.0.0.7i76.0.output-00' > not found" (I have also tried with 12 same error) It should probably be hm2_7i76e.0.0.7i76.0.0.output-00 > Is there a way via terminal or linuxcnc to read the current >

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io

2019-03-12 Thread linden
Hello All I have tried as Andy suggested and changed the line in the Hal file see current line below along with complete error message from terminal below. I now get an error "parameter or pin 'hm2_7i76e.0.0.7i76.0.output-00' not found"  (I have also tried with 12 same error) Any other

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io

2019-03-12 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 09:18, Linden wrote: > How do the physical pins of TB5 & TB6 relate to the pin numbers in .hal?? > # --- COOLANT-FLOOD --- > setp hm2_7i76e.0.gpio.049.is_output true > net coolant-flood hm2_7i76e.0.gpio.049.out Note that I don't have, and have never even seen, a 7i76E.

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc brain surgery

2019-03-12 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 02:08, Gene Heskett wrote: > I expect its probably being looked at, at other places than out of the > country Johns Hopkins facilities, Another interesting thing from JHU http://urobotics.urology.jhu.edu/projects/BW/ I have _no_ idea why the urology department were

[Emc-users] More for PCW

2019-03-12 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings Peter; The 7i76d has a spindle encoder, so I'm looking for suggestions as to how to drive it. The ER11 chuck has doubleD flats, but placing ATS-667's there precludes using a wrench to tighten a tool, so thats out. The top/rear of the ER11 has a slinger disk around 1.25" in diameter,

[Emc-users] mesa 7i76e io

2019-03-12 Thread Linden
Hello all     I am not sure if i understand correctly how the D0 work between hal and TB5 What I have currently is: - Axis gui loads and displays with no errors - 3 stepper motors configured and turning on command - 24volts supplied to pin 5 of TB1 Ground to pin 8 of TB1 I also measure