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

2019-03-13 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/12/2019 10:25 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Here, I don't think I communicated that my problems were in the math to properly space the slots the ATS-667's were nestled in. Purely a mechanical mistake in carving the slots they hide in. I didn't grok that half a tooth spacing was actually 180

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] STM32 Blue Pill --> distance between pins

2019-03-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 10 March 2019 15:45:06 John Dammeyer wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Nicklas Karlsson [mailto:nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com] > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:57:53 -0500 > > > > Jon Elson wrote: > > > On 03/10/2019 05:18 AM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > > >> Hey Chris, > > > >>

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

2019-03-10 Thread John Dammeyer
; From: Nicklas Karlsson [mailto:nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com] > Sent: March-10-19 1:25 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] STM32 Blue Pill --> distance between pins > > > > ... > > Jon, > > You make a very good point. Why bother,

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

2019-03-10 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> > ... > Jon, > You make a very good point. Why bother, with the new 32 bit controllers that > do so much even bother with the antiquated idea that the LinuxCNC PC should > close the loop on positioning. Running encoders from a servo motor back into > the PC to some sort of controller board

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

2019-03-10 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/10/2019 01:24 PM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:57:53 -0500 Jon Elson wrote: Charles Steinkuehler wrote a general driver for Machinekit that uses the PRU for step generation, PWM and encoder input. But why use a PRU then this kind of hardware is usually part of the

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

2019-03-10 Thread John Dammeyer
> -Original Message- > From: Nicklas Karlsson [mailto:nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com] > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:57:53 -0500 > Jon Elson wrote: > > > On 03/10/2019 05:18 AM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > >> Hey Chris, > > >> > > >> AFAIK, the Pi has better HDMI support compared to the

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

2019-03-10 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:57:53 -0500 Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/10/2019 05:18 AM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > >> Hey Chris, > >> > >> AFAIK, the Pi has better HDMI support compared to the Beagle but then it > >> was designed more for multimedia. The Beagle PRUs have the advantage that > >> they

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

2019-03-10 Thread John Dammeyer
> -Original Message- > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > Sent: March-10-19 9:58 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] STM32 Blue Pill --> distance between pins > > On 03/10/2019 05:18 AM, Nicklas Karlss

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

2019-03-10 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/10/2019 05:18 AM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: Hey Chris, AFAIK, the Pi has better HDMI support compared to the Beagle but then it was designed more for multimedia. The Beagle PRUs have the advantage that they have access to some of the Beagle Processor RAM. That gives them a bit of an

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

2019-03-10 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> Hey Chris, > > AFAIK, the Pi has better HDMI support compared to the Beagle but then it was > designed more for multimedia. The Beagle PRUs have the advantage that they > have access to some of the Beagle Processor RAM. That gives them a bit of an > advantage over the PI/32 bit hybrid