[Emc-users] PWMGEN question re PDM output

2014-03-14 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; Looking at the wiki docs for PWMGEN, the exact details of how it operated when in the PDM mode (freq=0.000) seem to be on the missing list other than the above mention. The only way I can envision that working is if a count is loaded at the servo_thread instance, and it generates a

Re: [Emc-users] Beagle Board Black startup

2014-03-14 Thread Ernesto Lo Valvo
On 3/10/2014 2:41 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: On 3/10/2014 1:12 PM, Dave Cole wrote: I still can't see the BBB on the network. On a power up or reset, the 3 lights next to the reset button sequence on one by one and the lights on the RJ45 jack flash briefly. I'm going to reflash the

Re: [Emc-users] PWMGEN question re PDM output

2014-03-14 Thread Andy Pugh
On 14 Mar 2014, at 06:21, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Which is the correct assumption? It doesn't use reset AFAIK. It generates a 50% square wave or it doesn't. Depending in accumulator. -- Learn Graph

Re: [Emc-users] PWMGEN question re PDM output

2014-03-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 14 March 2014 03:53:45 Andy Pugh did opine: On 14 Mar 2014, at 06:21, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Which is the correct assumption? It doesn't use reset AFAIK. It generates a 50% square wave or it doesn't. Depending in accumulator. Thanks Andy. I had in mind

[Emc-users] Different question re axis spindle controls

2014-03-14 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; When I put a halmeter on the motion_spindle_out_rps? line to see what the commanded spindle speed is, when stopped its properly zero. Click either direction button gets 1 or -1. Spindle doesn't move of course although all the relays clank in. But, a click on the + or - buttons is

Re: [Emc-users] BBB and LCD 7

2014-03-14 Thread Charles Buckley
Does anyone know of a place to purchase more beaglebones? Seems like everyone is out of stock. Charles Buckley On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Paul Lacatus (Personal) p...@paul-lacatus.ro wrote: On Element 14 there is BBview :

Re: [Emc-users] BBB and LCD 7

2014-03-14 Thread Steve Stallings
EmBest, a division of element14 (aka Farnell/Newark Electronics) has started second sourcing the BBB. Slightly higher price, but includes a console port serial debug cable. See: http://www.embest-tech.com/shop/star/beaglebone-black.html Also, it looks like the situation with Circuit Co. should

Re: [Emc-users] BBB and LCD 7

2014-03-14 Thread Steve Stallings
Oops, their shipping is a killer. Another alternative at a still higher price but cheaper shipping: http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/BeagleBone-Black-Embest-p-1736.html Steve Stallings -Original Message- From: Steve Stallings [mailto:steve...@newsguy.com] Sent: Friday, March 14,

Re: [Emc-users] BBB and LCD 7

2014-03-14 Thread Charles Buckley
Thanks. Looking into it. Has anyone looked at http://garagelabstore.com/store/embedded/galileo-intel-dev-board.html the galileo for Linuxcnc? Charles Buckley On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Steve Stallings steve...@newsguy.comwrote: Oops, their shipping is a killer. Another alternative at

Re: [Emc-users] BBB and LCD 7

2014-03-14 Thread Steve Stallings
Yes, I looked at the Galileo and was not impressed with it as a possible CNC controller. The I/O access is a problem. The Arduino compatible stuff is compatible only at the Sketch software level. The actual signals are generated from I2C devices and cannot be run very fast. It looks like the

Re: [Emc-users] BBB and LCD 7

2014-03-14 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/14/2014 10:33 AM, Charles Buckley wrote: Does anyone know of a place to purchase more beaglebones? Seems like everyone is out of stock. Everybody is on backorder. You just have to place your order to get into the line. Circuitco is making 3000 bone blacks a week, last I heard! They

[Emc-users] Beagleboard Black and Machinekit on eMMc

2014-03-14 Thread Mark Tucker
After discussing this with Michael H last night it got me thinking if this was possible. After checking the new Debian images for the beaglebone they appear to be very small. I also did some Deb build last night on my ubuntu/linuxcnc,and it produces linuxcnc without the docs etc. So what i need

Re: [Emc-users] Beagleboard Black and Machinekit on eMMc

2014-03-14 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 3/14/14 12:00 , Mark Tucker wrote: After discussing this with Michael H last night it got me thinking if this was possible. After checking the new Debian images for the beaglebone they appear to be very small. I also did some Deb build last night on my ubuntu/linuxcnc,and it produces

[Emc-users] I$@)^ another C41 gone to hell.

2014-03-14 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings again; After putting in a diode, that part seemed to work, but this C41 seems to have gone south again. (and again (and again)), and its looking like a 4th one has failed. Symptoms seem to be an output impedance in the 100k region, making 375 rpm maximum, and dropping nearly 100 rpm

Re: [Emc-users] I$@)^ another C41 gone to hell.

2014-03-14 Thread Pete Matos
Yup..MESANET... LOL. Pete On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Greetings again; After putting in a diode, that part seemed to work, but this C41 seems to have gone south again. (and again (and again)), and its looking like a 4th one has failed. Symptoms

Re: [Emc-users] Beagle Board Black startup

2014-03-14 Thread Jeff
Hi,   I just downloaded the March 5 version of MachineKit.  MDA5 checks OK.  Everything fresh.   I then went to the terminal and ran LinuxCNC and chose the BeBoPr-Bridge option.   It is failing in the hal when attempting to: loadrt [PRUCONF](DRIVER)   Has something changed? Do I need to

Re: [Emc-users] I$@)^ another C41 gone to hell.

2014-03-14 Thread Peter Homann
Hi Gene, Have a look at the DC-03 Digispeed that I design and sell. It converts a PWM signal into an isolated control voltage, and has quite small form factor. http://www.homanndesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=1products_id=21 If your PWM signal has a base frequency of 1K

Re: [Emc-users] Beagle Board Black startup

2014-03-14 Thread Mark Tucker
Jeff I was fiddling round with that image yesterday. And when i copied my special pru_generic_fall.bin into the directory for my gecko's i could not find the original. I mentioned it to charles and he said it should be there but i could not see it. I got that image working on my machine and it

Re: [Emc-users] BBB and LCD 7

2014-03-14 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
I have a bunch I'm taking with me to the Midwest RepRap Festival. I'm thinking I should auction them off to pay for the trip... Starting bids, anyone?!? :) More seriously, the last boards I bought I just ordered from Mouser, who listed 6+ week leadtime IIRC. The two I bought actually showed

Re: [Emc-users] Beagle Board Black startup

2014-03-14 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
Just to be clear, that image is *NOT* currently supported, I haven't even booted it on a BeagleBone. I was experimenting and Mark wanted to play with the image, so I threw it online. The build is a complete departure from previous builds, attempting to track the new official Debian release for

[Emc-users] gcmc - 1.5.1

2014-03-14 Thread Bertho Stultiens
Hi All, A new version 1.5.1 of gcmc has been released. Important fix in this release are correction of a couple of memory issues that could lead to wrong results and corruption. You should upgrade to 1.5.1 to avoid running into these problems. The syntax documentation has been expanded and a

Re: [Emc-users] Beagle Board Black startup

2014-03-14 Thread Jeff
Hi,   OK.  I wanted to try it because the December version didn't seem to boot to full speed (without upgrading the kernel).  I'll just revert back for now.   With the March version:    I found the pru_generic.bin in the posix directory rather than the xenomai directory.   I modified the ini

Re: [Emc-users] I$@)^ another C41 gone to hell.

2014-03-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 14 March 2014 19:17:49 Peter Homann did opine: Hi Gene, Have a look at the DC-03 Digispeed that I design and sell. It converts a PWM signal into an isolated control voltage, and has quite small form factor. http://www.homanndesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_infocPat

Re: [Emc-users] I$@)^ another C41 gone to hell.

2014-03-14 Thread andy pugh
On 14 March 2014 23:19, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: That would be a tempting price, if it wasn't in AUD despite what the page says, how much is it in my USD? www.xe.com says that $AU38 = $US34 = £25.5 = 0.0548362 Bitcoins -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it.

Re: [Emc-users] I$@)^ another C41 gone to hell.

2014-03-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 14 March 2014 23:53:24 Peter Homann did opine: Hi Gene, Have a look at the DC-03 Digispeed that I design and sell. It converts a PWM signal into an isolated control voltage, and has quite small form factor. http://www.homanndesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_infocPat

Re: [Emc-users] I$@)^ another C41 gone to hell.

2014-03-14 Thread Peter Homann
Hi Gene, Not sure where you get the $80 rip-off from? You can select to see the prices in US$ by setting the currency to US$ in the top right had side of the front page of my site. http://www.homanndesigns.com/store/ 1. The DC-03 has an optional DC/DC converter that generates a 15Vdc supply