[Emc-users] Radio station stories -- Was RE: Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Gene, > And yes that supply s/b installed so it can be swapped out for a fresh > one easily, the capacitors WILL die, sometimes a horribly messy death. > Least dependable part in any system. We need to invent something more > dependable for use as a large capacitance, but alu foil, kraft

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 March 2019 22:20:38 John Dammeyer wrote: > > Would you like to compare birthdays John? I've had 84 of them > > things. ;-) > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > I have a few years to go but for some reason still feeling growly. > Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today to

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread John Dammeyer
> Would you like to compare birthdays John? I've had 84 of them things. ;-) > > Cheers, Gene Heskett I have a few years to go but for some reason still feeling growly. Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today to match the mill so I could paint the CNC cabinet. What a wasted

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Rafael On 04/01/2019 12:46 AM, Rafael Skodlar wrote: On 3/31/19 8:07 AM, TJoseph Powderly wrote: hi gene maybe redesign to drive past the switch like you can brush a wall mounted light switch by swiping your hand over the wall surface rather than punching it :-) ( try mounting so the direction

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 March 2019 20:05:41 John Dammeyer wrote: > > It's not just the order of posting---it's also the courteous habit > > of editing the post > > I agree. > > > Another thing---it's not just the Linux invaders who insist on > > bottom-posting---it's an age-honored tradition of the Usenet,

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread John Dammeyer
> > It's not just the order of posting---it's also the courteous habit of > editing the post I agree. > > Another thing---it's not just the Linux invaders who insist on > bottom-posting---it's an age-honored tradition of the Usenet, so I am > surprised that you are surprised by it. Not

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 155, Issue 139

2019-03-31 Thread (PVT) Paul Lawrence
Gene, Your limit switch over run issue is quite easy to solve. Rather than have your stops run into the switch, have the stops run across the switch. The typical switches used in industry has a roller on the end and the stops designed with a 'V'. Thereby allow virtually unlimited ability to

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 2:20 PM John Dammeyer wrote: > Personally I think that's a load of crap. Usenet and email postings are > sequential. Scrolling through hundreds of lines of text all indented with > various amounts of ">>>" depending on when it was posted is not only mind > numbing but

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 March 2019 16:36:58 hubert wrote: > Gene > >    How many roller switches would you need.  I have more than I need. > > Hubert 4 or so should get me going. PM me where I should send a 5$ bill. > > On 3/31/19 12:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 31 March 2019 11:07:51 TJoseph

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 March 2019 13:17:59 jrmitchellj wrote: > As I tell the robotics students, design limit switches to survive > missed detection & over travel. > On a milling machine, I would recommend a roller type of switch, that > would come in contact with a cam bar that is long enough to reach

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread hubert
Gene    How many roller switches would you need.  I have more than I need. Hubert On 3/31/19 12:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 31 March 2019 11:07:51 TJoseph Powderly wrote: hi gene maybe redesign to drive past the switch like you can brush a wall mounted light switch by swiping your

[Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread John Dammeyer
> A: No. > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? Personally I think that's a load of

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 3/31/19 8:07 AM, TJoseph Powderly wrote: hi gene maybe redesign to drive past the switch like you can brush a wall mounted light switch by swiping your hand over the wall surface rather than punching it :-) ( try mounting so the direction of switch activation is 90 degress to the joint motion

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread Chris Albertson
First off, a "real" microswitch costs only about $0.50 if you buy them on eBay 10 at a time and on Amazon Prime, I paid about double that. What you want is repeatability and microswitches are good at that to better than 0.001 inch. Test your push buttons to see if they always click on/off at

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread jrmitchellj
As I tell the robotics students, design limit switches to survive missed detection & over travel. On a milling machine, I would recommend a roller type of switch, that would come in contact with a cam bar that is long enough to reach end of travel. On my machine, I have two switches positioned

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 March 2019 13:07:50 Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/31/2019 08:59 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings everybody; > > > > I think I've got the coolant pump starting problem fixed. Ignore > > that faint knocking sound. > > > > Now I would like to use a teeny little pushbutton (6x6x2.5mm

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 March 2019 11:07:51 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > hi gene > maybe redesign to drive past the switch > like you can brush a wall mounted light switch by swiping your hand > over the wall surface > rather than punching it :-) > ( try mounting so the direction of switch activation is 90

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/31/2019 08:59 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings everybody; I think I've got the coolant pump starting problem fixed. Ignore that faint knocking sound. Now I would like to use a teeny little pushbutton (6x6x2.5mm tall) between two solid parts of this machine for home and potentially as

Re: [Emc-users] Pc choice ... help

2019-03-31 Thread theman whosoldtheworld
thanks ... this is the same that i know but my last study about motherboard was wiyh Z80 so my knowelge about is not updated. regards Il giorno dom 31 mar 2019 alle ore 18:43 theman whosoldtheworld < bleachk...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > > Il giorno sab 30 mar 2019 alle ore 04:26

Re: [Emc-users] Pc choice ... help

2019-03-31 Thread theman whosoldtheworld
Il giorno sab 30 mar 2019 alle ore 04:26 Przemek Klosowski < przemek.klosow...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 2:13 PM theman whosoldtheworld < > bleachk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > PCW in the forum normally suggest desktop motherboard ... Is it just a > > matter of Platform

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread TJoseph Powderly
hi gene maybe redesign to drive past the switch like you can brush a wall mounted light switch by swiping your hand over the wall surface rather than punching it :-) ( try mounting so the direction of switch activation is 90 degress to the joint motion ) tomp On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 9:03 PM Gene

Re: [Emc-users] SPI comms for linuxcnc (was Re: Rock64 pre-orders on Banggood.) --> CPU + Ethercat + FPGA/CPLD but no PRU

2019-03-31 Thread Danny Miller
One common solution is you have a sizable FPGA and just add a soft core into it. RISC-V is an open-source, royalty-free core specifically architected to efficiently implement as FPGA gates that Keil can compile for, and the common Segger JTAG programmer can program AND debug the code. At

[Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings everybody; I think I've got the coolant pump starting problem fixed. Ignore that faint knocking sound. Now I would like to use a teeny little pushbutton (6x6x2.5mm tall) between two solid parts of this machine for home and potentially as limit switches. However the amount of

Re: [Emc-users] SPI comms for linuxcnc (was Re: Rock64 pre-orders on Banggood.) --> CPU + Ethercat + FPGA/CPLD but no PRU

2019-03-31 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
A CPU with Ethernet and a builtin FPGA/CPLD to implement the SPI ports would probably be a very good device for an SPI router, probably also very cheap. Packets could routed to ordinary computer running Linuxcnc as is today or split so that real time part is in the simple device. It is not to