Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-18 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Lester Caine wrote: > andy pugh wrote: >>> DN2800MT will install XP, Probably Vista, W7 and Linux with graphics >>> switched >>> >off. Enabling graphics in Linux seems to be hit and miss but basically >>> >there are >> What do you mean by "enabling graphics"? >>

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-18 Thread Lester Caine
Peter Homann wrote: > I've had mine sitting on the shelf gathering dust for a few months now. Too > busy to look at it at the moment. > > Too many toys, so little time. Especially when things that should work out of the box don't :( I WILL get a working LinuxCNC setup working! But then I've been s

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-18 Thread Lester Caine
andy pugh wrote: >> DN2800MT will install XP, Probably Vista, W7 and Linux with graphics switched >> >off. Enabling graphics in Linux seems to be hit and miss but basically >> >there are >> >no drivers for the Intel GMA 3600 graphics for Linux or XP but XP will run. > I don't understand the proble

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-18 Thread Peter Homann
I've had mine sitting on the shelf gathering dust for a few months now. Too busy to look at it at the moment. Too many toys, so little time. Cheers, Peter On 18/07/2012 1:55 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > Newark Electronics. Ordered it some time ago. They charged my card > when they were available

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 July 2012 08:40, Lester Caine wrote: > DN2800MT will install XP, Probably Vista, W7 and Linux with graphics switched > off. Enabling graphics in Linux seems to be hit and miss but basically there > are > no drivers for the Intel GMA 3600 graphics for Linux or XP but XP will run. I don't u

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-18 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: > Lester Caine wrote: >> >I'm using the D2500HN for the CNC kits and that seems to be fine but only >> >has >> >the VGA output;) > OK turns out the D2500HN also has problems when running in Linux graphics > mode, > so as far as I am concerned they are not usable for Linux. OK

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Jack Coats
Newark Electronics. Ordered it some time ago. They charged my card when they were available to ship. ><> ... Jack On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Dave wrote: > Where did you get your Raspberry Pi from?? > > I have a standing order for two of them at the moment. > > Scarcer than hen's teeth!

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Dave
Where did you get your Raspberry Pi from?? I have a standing order for two of them at the moment. Scarcer than hen's teeth! Dave On 7/17/2012 3:08 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Yishin Li wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote: >> >>

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 July 2012 20:08, Jack Coats wrote: > I just got delivery of a Raspberry Pi (B) ... runs ARM code and there is a > debian distribution for it. Just not enough I/O available to make it a > rational LinuxCNC machine :( 17? Sounds at least as capable as a single-parport machine. -- atp If y

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Jack Coats
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Yishin Li wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote: > >> Yishin, what was that Beagle Bone running? >> >> > Joseph, > > It's with Ubuntu 12.04 armhf. > The detail installation guide is here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu > And, this is my

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Jon Elson
Yishin Li wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote: > >> Yishin, what was that Beagle Bone running? >> > Joseph, > > It's with Ubuntu 12.04 armhf. > The detail installation guide is here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu > And, this is my note about installing headles

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Jon Elson
Joseph Chiu wrote: > Yishin, what was that Beagle Bone running? > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Yishin Li wrote: > >> >> Maybe you could consider BeagleBone with Mesa's 7i43/USB board. >> I saw smooth stepper motion with above combination. >> As it's with USB interface, it could work with

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Yishin Li
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote: > Yishin, what was that Beagle Bone running? > > Joseph, It's with Ubuntu 12.04 armhf. The detail installation guide is here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu And, this is my note about installing headless LinuxCNC on BeagleBone: https://sit

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: > I'm using the D2500HN for the CNC kits and that seems to be fine but only has > the VGA output;) OK turns out the D2500HN also has problems when running in Linux graphics mode, so as far as I am concerned they are not usable for Linux. I've got bigger machines for the develo

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Joseph Chiu
Yishin, what was that Beagle Bone running? On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Yishin Li wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Viesturs Lācis >wrote: > > > > PCIe slot is suitable for 6i25, which is probably very new, it's even > not > > > in MESA's price list, I guess the price is compatible

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 July 2012 10:09, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > Don't You have D510? Or have You made some upgrades? I needed to move the D510 to the machine it was bought to control, so I bought the DN2800 as a dedicated dev machine. I now have 2 machine tools and 4 LinuxCNC computers -- atp If you can't fix

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/7/17 andy pugh : > On 17 July 2012 07:28, Lester Caine wrote: > >> Anybody ACTUALLY using this board with Linux? I picked one up to test out, >> but >> the reports about problems with the video site are quite correct. It's >> unusable :( > > Yes, I am using it as my LinuxCNC development mac

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread Lester Caine
andy pugh wrote: >> Anybody ACTUALLY using this board with Linux? I picked one up to test out, >> but >> >the reports about problems with the video site are quite correct. It's >> >unusable:( > Yes, I am using it as my LinuxCNC development machine. > What video problems are you having? I just did

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 July 2012 07:28, Lester Caine wrote: > Anybody ACTUALLY using this board with Linux? I picked one up to test out, but > the reports about problems with the video site are quite correct. It's > unusable :( Yes, I am using it as my LinuxCNC development machine. What video problems are you h

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-07-16 Thread Lester Caine
Andrew wrote: > I just ran into Intel DN2800MT mini-ITX motherboard. > Anyone tested the latency? Anybody ACTUALLY using this board with Linux? I picked one up to test out, but the reports about problems with the video site are quite correct. It's unusable :( Would seem that it IS only usable w

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star? (BeagleBone q.)

2012-05-24 Thread Jon Elson
Yishin Li wrote: >> >> I see. One more question: Pico-Systems' Universal PWM Controller also has >> > a FPGA on it. How does its firmware/source-code get distributed? > It is on an SST serial EEPROM on the board. I have a circuit that allows these to be read by the FPGA (newer Xilinx FPGA

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Jon Elson
Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2012/5/23 Dave : > >> Probably the wrong page... >> >> http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/intel_atom >> > > I like their description for D2700MUD board. Especially last sentence: > "2.13 GHz dual core Intel Atom D2700 (Cedar Trail) fanless processor > w

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star? (BeagleBone q.)

2012-05-23 Thread Yishin Li
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:37 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 24 May 2012 00:23, Yishin Li wrote: > > > Releasing HDL of the FPGA design is another issue. IMHO, it doesn't help > > too much for the development by releasing the HDL source code. AFAIK, the > > hostmot2 logic is only maintained by mesa; t

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread dave
On Wed, 23 May 2012 16:57:16 -0400 "Kent A. Reed" wrote: > On 5/23/2012 4:33 PM, John Kasunich wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012, at 11:13 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > >> 2012/5/23 Dave: > >>> Probably the wrong page... > >>> > >>> http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/intel_atom > >>

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star? (BeagleBone q.)

2012-05-23 Thread andy pugh
On 24 May 2012 00:23, Yishin Li wrote: > Releasing HDL of the FPGA design is another issue. IMHO, it doesn't help > too much for the development by releasing the HDL source code. AFAIK, the > hostmot2 logic is only maintained by mesa; there is no community for > developing it yet. This is true,

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star? (BeagleBone q.)

2012-05-23 Thread Yishin Li
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Ralph Stirling < ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu> wrote: > > > Our repositories are at github. Please refer to this wiki page to access > it: > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ArtekBranch > > > > The BeagleBone related modifications are at "beagle" branch.

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Javier Ros
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Yishin Li wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Greg Bernard >wrote: > > > Yishin- > > Do you actually have the Beaglebone running LinuxCNC? I know Jon Elson > has > > been waiting for a very long time for someone to write an RTAI kernel for > > that platfo

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star? (BeagleBone q.)

2012-05-23 Thread Ralph Stirling
> Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 15:41:01 +0800 > From: Yishin Li > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star? > > Our repositories are at github. Please refer to this wiki page to access it: > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ArtekBranch > >

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Dave
On 5/23/2012 4:33 PM, John Kasunich wrote: > > On Wed, May 23, 2012, at 11:13 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > >> 2012/5/23 Dave: >> >>> Probably the wrong page... >>> >>> http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/intel_atom >>> >> I like their description for D2700MUD board. Es

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
y 2012 3:10 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star? > > Hi everyone, > > I just ran into Intel DN2800MT mini-ITX motherboard. > http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop- > motherboards/desk

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 5/23/2012 4:33 PM, John Kasunich wrote: > > On Wed, May 23, 2012, at 11:13 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: >> 2012/5/23 Dave: >>> Probably the wrong page... >>> >>> http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/intel_atom >> I like their description for D2700MUD board. Especially last sentence: >>

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/5/23 John Kasunich : > Their answer to that is usually a separate product line, > that has half the performance at five times the price, but will > remain in production for a long time. Got it! It is meant to be the production life of the board itself, not its productive life, when used in in

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread John Kasunich
On Wed, May 23, 2012, at 11:13 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2012/5/23 Dave : > > Probably the wrong page... > > > > http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/intel_atom > > I like their description for D2700MUD board. Especially last sentence: > "2.13 GHz dual core Intel Atom D2700 (Cedar

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread John Murphy
Those 'options' are what card to plug into the pcie.. Here is the 525: http://www.logicsupply.com/products/d525mw On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Eric Keller wrote: > Dave, > If you select any options, it says Jetway. > Eric > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Dave wrote: > >> Probably the

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Eric Keller
Dave, If you select any options, it says Jetway. Eric On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Dave wrote: > Probably the wrong page... > > http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/intel_atom > > Dave > > > On 5/23/2012 3:50 PM, Eric Keller wrote: > > when I looked on logicsupply, they were just

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/5/23 Dave : > Probably the wrong page... > > http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/intel_atom I like their description for D2700MUD board. Especially last sentence: "2.13 GHz dual core Intel Atom D2700 (Cedar Trail) fanless processor with integrated graphics. Low-power Mini-ITX mai

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Dave
Probably the wrong page... http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/intel_atom Dave On 5/23/2012 3:50 PM, Eric Keller wrote: > when I looked on logicsupply, they were just selling jetways. Or am I > reading the page wrong? > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Dave wrote: > > >> On

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Eric Keller
when I looked on logicsupply, they were just selling jetways. Or am I reading the page wrong? On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Dave wrote: > On 5/23/2012 2:29 PM, Eric Keller wrote: > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Dave wrote: > > > > > >> > >> That board is really low power and the wide

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Dave
On 5/23/2012 2:29 PM, Eric Keller wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Dave wrote: > > >> >> That board is really low power and the wide input range makes it perfect >> to run in a vehicle. >> >> That board is considerable cheaper than a D525 and a wide input range >> power supply. >> >

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Eric Keller
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Dave wrote: > > > That board is really low power and the wide input range makes it perfect > to run in a vehicle. > > That board is considerable cheaper than a D525 and a wide input range > power supply. > > I was having a little bit of a problem finding an Inte

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Dave
On 5/23/2012 12:18 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > Dave wrote: > >> That board is considerable cheaper than a D525 and a wide input range >> power supply. >> >> > The AC-input supplies for these micro-ITX boards are quite cheap. You > can get > a mini case with power supply and front panel butto

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Jon Elson
Dave wrote: > That board is considerable cheaper than a D525 and a wide input range > power supply. > The AC-input supplies for these micro-ITX boards are quite cheap. You can get a mini case with power supply and front panel buttons and indicators for less than $50. The DC-input supplies a

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Claude Zervas
cool, thanks Yishin. I don't yet have a BeagleBone but I would like to shrink my whole setup, so I will eventually try this out. - Claude On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Yishin Li wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Claude Zervas wrote: > >> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Yishin Li w

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-23 Thread Yishin Li
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Claude Zervas wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Yishin Li wrote: > > Yes, we have LinuxCNC running with UbuntuLinux 12.04 armhf > (hard-floating) > > on BeagleBone. > >... > > Yishin, > That is fantastic! Any chance you will release a public distribution

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Claude Zervas
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Yishin Li wrote: > Yes, we have LinuxCNC running with UbuntuLinux 12.04 armhf (hard-floating) > on BeagleBone. >... Yishin, That is fantastic! Any chance you will release a public distribution of your port of LinuxCNC to the BeagleBone (with some instructions on h

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Yishin Li
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Greg Bernard wrote: > Yishin- > Do you actually have the Beaglebone running LinuxCNC? I know Jon Elson has > been waiting for a very long time for someone to write an RTAI kernel for > that platform. > > Greg, Yes, we have LinuxCNC running with UbuntuLinux 12.04

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Greg Bernard
-Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931) > > From: Yishin Li >To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) >Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:39 PM >Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star? > >On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:46 AM,

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Yishin Li
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > > PCIe slot is suitable for 6i25, which is probably very new, it's even not > > in MESA's price list, I guess the price is compatible to 5i25's. > > Is there a PCIe-to-PCI adapter available? > > > > > Anyone tested the latency? > > > > Laten

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Dave
On 5/22/2012 5:51 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 5/22/2012 5:19 PM, andy pugh wrote: > >> On 22 May 2012 22:17, Kent A. Reed wrote: >> >> >>> While Ubuntu Linux 10.04 can be installed, functionality is limited and >>> hardware graphics acceleration does not work. Because there are no >>>

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 5/22/2012 5:19 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 22 May 2012 22:17, Kent A. Reed wrote: > >> While Ubuntu Linux 10.04 can be installed, functionality is limited and >> hardware graphics acceleration does not work. Because there are no >> drivers for the PowerVR graphics chip, the OS uses the generic VE

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Eric Keller
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:19 PM, andy pugh wrote: > > Software-OpenGL and Vesa graphics are both common suggestions for > reducing latency problems, so that might actually be a plus for us, > especially if the problems make them very cheap :-) > > That's what I was thinking, although I doubt it's

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 May 2012 22:17, Kent A. Reed wrote: > While Ubuntu Linux 10.04 can be installed, functionality is limited and > hardware graphics acceleration does not work. Because there are no > drivers for the PowerVR graphics chip, the OS uses the generic VESA > driver for X.org, Software-OpenGL and V

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 5/22/2012 2:43 PM, Dave wrote: > On 5/22/2012 1:10 PM, Andrew wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I just ran into Intel DN2800MT mini-ITX motherboard. >> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dn2800mt.html >> It has HDMI, LVDS (can be useful for LCD pane

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Dave
On 5/22/2012 1:10 PM, Andrew wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just ran into Intel DN2800MT mini-ITX motherboard. > http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dn2800mt.html > It has HDMI, LVDS (can be useful for LCD panels), LPT header, two miniPCIe > slots (SS

Re: [Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/5/22 Andrew : > Hi everyone, > > I just ran into Intel DN2800MT mini-ITX motherboard. > http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dn2800mt.html > It has HDMI, LVDS (can be useful for LCD panels), LPT header, two miniPCIe > slots (SSD and wifi if nec

[Emc-users] Intel DN2800MT - possible new LinuxCNC star?

2012-05-22 Thread Andrew
Hi everyone, I just ran into Intel DN2800MT mini-ITX motherboard. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dn2800mt.html It has HDMI, LVDS (can be useful for LCD panels), LPT header, two miniPCIe slots (SSD and wifi if necessary) and built-in PSU! (8-1