Just wanted to congratulate my American fellows for a safe landing on Mars.
Yes, Mars Science Laboratory aka Curiosity are there with all it's six
wheels firmly and neatly placed in the Martian sand!
A great day for all of us Space-enthusiasts!
Pics from the rover here:
Hello!
Can anyone advice me, if is there already available firmware for 5i23
card with 24 stepgens on 2 50-pin connectors?
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On 6 August 2012 04:37, Przemek Klosowski przemek.klosow...@gmail.com wrote:
How does it work? Would it measure the burn cycle pressure and adjust
the injected fuel volume for appropriate pressure peak?
Yes, apart from the problem with fuel lubricity the main issue is that
the injection is
On 6 August 2012 03:46, ceen...@in-front.com wrote:
My thought was to get a fairly low volume diesel direct injector (i.e. 1L to
2L 4-cyl diesel car) and grind away the lower section of the nozzle which has
the 6 or 8 pinholes to allow solder paste to exit a bit more freely.
You can't use
On 6 August 2012 02:04, jeremy youngs jcyoung...@gmail.com wrote:
my bad once again ive asked for help without giving all info, the
embedded client is what i am using. my humble apologies
That is a bit flaky. You could try updating your Java version, but
installing a proper IRC client is likely
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
Yea - at twice the CO2 emissions of my 1996 2.8 turbo!!
Steve Blackmore
Then it's earth and plant friendly. Plants need CO2 to live.
Mark
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On 8/5/2012 10:19 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
13 posts without a response from ron in my nearly 1yr involvement here
i dont think ive had a question that wasnt responded to in 5 post or
less. I think you fellas here care about more than a dollar and the
prompt service i
Since this is already an OT thread
Yes Mark plants need CO2 but politicians need money therefore we must learn
to pay them for natural occurring substances and acts.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:31 AM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Steve Blackmore
;-) Considering the amount of C02 expelled by all the hot air that
issues forth from DC (which is where I'm currently sitting at my work
desk), one would think the politician's C02 generation should also be
taxed.
Mark
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote:
Brian,
I offer another opinion here.
This thread would have died a long time ago without your input. The driving
force for many of the responses is not the need to prove 'Mines bigger than
yours'. Everyone needs a little 'Comic relief' and jumped on this with a
smile to see where it would go.
I
I don't know why I answered to Brian - It should have been Ron.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote:
Brian,
I offer another opinion here.
This thread would have died a long time ago without your input. The
driving force for many of the responses is not
Certainly, they have exempted themselves from any consequences.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote:
;-) Considering the amount of C02 expelled by all the hot air that
issues forth from DC (which is where I'm currently sitting at my work
desk), one would
Most definitely.
Mark
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote:
Certainly, they have exempted themselves from any consequences.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote:
;-) Considering the amount of C02 expelled by all the hot
Well Mark, I don't think U should enter the Global Warming debate
because the following truth has been thoroughly tested:
1) Too little water kills a man.
2) Too much water kills a man.
I think it's still valid.
/ Roger
Then it's earth and plant
And that proves global warming is caused by man because...
Mark
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Roger Holmquist ro...@abcnc.se wrote:
Well Mark, I don't think U should enter the Global Warming debate
because the following truth has been thoroughly tested:
1) Too little water kills a man.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012, at 08:31 AM, Roger Holmquist wrote:
Well Mark, I don't think U should enter the Global Warming debate
because the following truth has been thoroughly tested:
1) Too little water kills a man.
2) Too much water kills a man.
I don't think we should enter the
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:45 AM, John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm wrote:
I don't think we should enter the Global Warming debate for
three reasons:
1) It is off-topic.
2) It is a hot-button issue and will result in LOTS of
off-topic messages, not just one or two.
3) Some of us use the
The recent posts have all been statements of opinion, to which there is
no useful response. We all are welcome to our own opinions.
Uh... I don't think so.. restating what I have said:
Fact - Mach3 V4 has been under development for 4 years.
Fact - Mach3 V4 has missed many release dates.
I currently have a Ford Ranger pickup truck that has a bifuel CNG
(Compressed Natural Gas)/unleaded gas conversion and I am going to try
and convert that to Propane. I don't have a good source for CNG and
right now Propane is going for just over $1.00 per gallon when purchased
in 500 gallons
i heard that they were making a movie about mars called 'total recall'.
--- On Sun, 8/5/12, ro...@abcnc.se ro...@abcnc.se wrote:
From: ro...@abcnc.se ro...@abcnc.se
Subject: [Emc-users] MSL Landing: Success!
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Sunday, August 5, 2012, 11:05 PM
Just
;-)
Roger
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While I am very glad it worked, I thought the chances for failure were
great as that landing sequence was very complicated with the crane
mechanism.
I think I would have looked (desperately) for a different solution.
Dave
On 8/6/2012 9:27 AM, charles green wrote:
i heard that they were
On 08/06/2012 04:06 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 6 August 2012 03:46, ceen...@in-front.com wrote:
My thought was to get a fairly low volume diesel direct injector (i.e. 1L to
2L 4-cyl diesel car) and grind away the lower section of the nozzle which
has the 6 or 8 pinholes to allow solder paste
On Monday 06 August 2012 11:01:08 John Kasunich did opine:
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012, at 08:31 AM, Roger Holmquist wrote:
Well Mark, I don't think U should enter the Global Warming debate
because the following truth has been thoroughly tested:
1) Too little water kills a man.
2)
On Monday 06 August 2012 11:04:47 Dave did opine:
I currently have a Ford Ranger pickup truck that has a bifuel CNG
(Compressed Natural Gas)/unleaded gas conversion and I am going to try
and convert that to Propane. I don't have a good source for CNG and
right now Propane is going for just
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 10:10 -0400, Dave wrote:
I think I would have looked (desperately) for a different solution.
One of the engineers (in the movie they put out before the event)
observed that the whole series of maneuvers was crazy, but it was the
*least* crazy way to accomplish the
On Mon, 6 Aug 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote:
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:32:21 +0300
From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com
Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject:
On Mon, 6 Aug 2012, John Kasunich wrote:
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:45:27 -0400
From: John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm
Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re:
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
One thing that stands out in this propane discussion is that propane is
assumed to be for heating and cooking purposes. Since a large proportion
of the pump price is the various state and federal taxes applied to road
use
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 12:08 -0400, Mark Wendt wrote:
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
One thing that stands out in this propane discussion is that propane is
assumed to be for heating and cooking purposes. Since a large proportion
of the pump price is
ceen...@in-front.com wrote:
Mydata has a MY500 solder paste printer but it about $200k USD more than I
want to spend in the next year or so on a printer. It looks to be a nice
machine. I may see if I can get a replacement head for a MY500 if I can.
Printing solder paste with a stencil
Mark Cason wrote:
a few years ago, i saw a prototyping machine, that used a syringe, to
deposit solder directly onto a SMD pad. It basically touched down on a
pad, and then deposited a tiny amount of solder, while retracting.
then, it rewound the syringe's stepper, a couple steps, to
Hi Jon,
I use a manual stencil printer now and it does work pretty well. The issue is
banging out a stencil for all of the proto boards I make. There are about 30
proto designs created per year and since the boards change a bit before they
become final, so does the stencil. I don't see the
Related links I found:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_embedded_computer_systems_on_board_the_Mars_rovers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VxWorks
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:42:56 -0400
Ron Ginger rongin...@roadrunner.com wrote:
I am finished with this topic, or further variations of the 'mines
bigger' variety.
I'm actually very interested to see the Linux version of Mach. As far as
I can tell, most of the criticism of Mach relates to it
2012/8/6 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com:
On Mon, 6 Aug 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote:
Can anyone advice me, if is there already available firmware for 5i23
card with 24 stepgens on 2 50-pin connectors?
Theres a ST48 config for the 5I22 but no ST24 that I know of for the 5I23,
though its a
On Mon, 6 Aug 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote:
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:40:10 +0300
From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com
Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject:
The $1.29 at the nearby station - included the road tax!
I took a picture of the station since I didn't think anyone would
believe me!
Dave
On 8/6/2012 11:13 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Monday 06 August 2012 11:04:47 Dave did opine:
I currently have a Ford Ranger pickup truck that has
2012/8/6 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com:
On Mon, 6 Aug 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote:
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:40:10 +0300
From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com
Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
To: Enhanced Machine Controller
On 8/6/2012 1:20 PM, Matt Shaver wrote:
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:42:56 -0400
Ron Gingerrongin...@roadrunner.com wrote:
I am finished with this topic, or further variations of the 'mines
bigger' variety.
I'm actually very interested to see the Linux version of Mach. As far as
I
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 15:07 -0400, Dave wrote:
The $1.29 at the nearby station - included the road tax!
Wow! $2.83 here. My son has found a place that sells off-road for $1.30
and I thought that was good.
Dave
I took a picture of the station since I didn't think anyone would
believe me!
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:17:58 -0400
Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
Are a you assuming that they would use a real time extension on Linux?
I don't know. I spoke with Brian Barker at the CNC Workshop and I
think he said that the Mac Linux versions would use external pulse
generators like the
On Monday 06 August 2012 17:34:31 Mark Wendt did opine:
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
One thing that stands out in this propane discussion is that propane
is assumed to be for heating and cooking purposes. Since a large
proportion of the pump price
Hi,
I have upgraded my machine to support movement on 6 axes. So now I have
to upgrade the electronics from 4 to 6 axis. I currently use a 4 axis
breakout board and have seen some chinese 6 axis breakout boards
advertised on ebay. Does anyone have any experience with these
regardining
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States
Enjoy!
Dave
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On 6 August 2012 23:40, Alan alan.batter...@virginmedia.com wrote:
have seen some chinese 6 axis breakout boards
advertised on ebay. Does anyone have any experience with these
regardining reliability usefulness etc?
No experience, but I they will use all the output pins, so nothing
left for
What does motion.motion-enabled do and where is it used?
1. I grep'ed for it in the source and I see where it's created. Looking
at the rest of the source code, it's not obvious where it's used. It
shows up in mot_priv.h, motion.c and control.c.
2. It shows up in the hal status as an input, but
ceen...@in-front.com wrote:
The vision is to spend 1-2 hours programming a printer then let it loose on
the boards. A typical board run for me is 200 pcs.
I have never done 200 boards in a run, but may have a job that big
soon. I will get the boards
panelized and do them 20 - 30 at a time.
Matt Shaver wrote:
I'm actually very interested to see the Linux version of Mach. As far as
I can tell, most of the criticism of Mach relates to it being hosted on
Windows, and the timing related difficulties that can result.
Hmmm, much of my criticism lately is the screenset thing. It
I didnt realize how large the rover was,it is pretty big.
Thanks for the links
Terry
- Original Message -
From: Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc:
Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 11:47 AM
Subject: Re:
Matt Shaver wrote:
I spoke with Brian Barker at the CNC Workshop and I
think he said that the Mac Linux versions would use external pulse
generators like the SmoothStepper _only_, at least initially. Perhaps
they'll go back and port their parallel port step generator module
later.
I have
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 18:59 -0700, Terry Christophersen wrote:
I didnt realize how large the rover was,it is pretty big.
Thanks for the links
Terry
It is much bigger than Spirit or Opportunity.
By the way, Opportunity is still at it at a little over eight years of
being on Mars:
On 08/06/2012 08:59 PM, Terry Christophersen wrote:
I didnt realize how large the rover was,it is pretty big.
Thanks for the links
Terry
I read somewhere that it's about the size of a MINI Cooper, and
seeing the pictures, I believe it.
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Hope for
Gene,
please don't forget to take into account that liquefied gases have a
density of less than two thirds of gasoline and even less than diesel
fuel. Methane (CNG, CH4) is even lighter than butane (C2H6) or propane
(LPG, C3H8). In addition, their thermal yield is about 10 to 20% lower
per
On 08/06/2012 09:49 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
I make my own stencils for these. It is kind of a pain, but I'm CHEAP!
How about the cheapest CNC to build, an XY plotter like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyLPpGdfR7s
but with the laser from an old DVD burner for the pen. You could
produce
Hello,
I have a Lava Moko L72.2 pci parallel port card, but I can only use it
with epp_wide=0 in the loadrt line for the mesanet 7i43.
$ halrun
halcmd: loadrt hostmot2
halcmd: loadrt probe_parport
halcmd: loadrt hm2_7i43 config=firmware=hm2/7i43/SVST4_4B.BIT
num_encoders=4 num_pwmgens=4
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