On 05/04/18 10:07, 'fishy' via
Machinekit wrote:
On Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:41:46 UTC+1, Schooner wrote:
It is a community project, but thus far everyone (with minimal
exceptions
On Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:41:46 UTC+1, Schooner wrote:
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> It is a community project, but thus far everyone (with minimal
> exceptions) who has stood where you are and bemoaned the lack of
> detailed personalised instructions for their
> hardware combination of choice, has subsequently
> On 5 Apr 2018, at 07:36, Chris Albertson wrote:
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> But I know one thing, If I see a small error I'm not going to bother
> to fork a repository, edit the files and make a pull request, all the
> correct a typo.I'd bet the most users don't much understand what
> any of that is all about.
> On 5 Apr 2018, at 07:36, Chris Albertson wrote:
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> Whatever the current policy is, it has resulted in the
> current state of the documents.
No. Devs not documenting first place and the general lack of manpower are the
cause.
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> On 5 Apr 2018, at 00:37, Chris Albertson wrote:
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> One thing that might help is to lower the barrier to contributors.
> Put the docs on a Wiki.
We have in fact a very low barrier. There's an "edit me" link for directly
editing a page.
Putting docs on a wiki is not a solution. It's just an
On
> Beaglebone specifics notwithstanding, the documentation is still lacking.
> Your explanation is the same one given by every open source project that
> lacks documentation. No one wants to do it (some, like swift.org, are
> excellent, but it's backed by an organization with deep pockets and
> On Apr 4, 2018, at 08:41 , 'schoone...@btinternet.com' via Machinekit
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> On 28 Mar 2018, at 22:02, Rick Mann wrote:
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> I'm just starting on building a CNC router using MachineKit and a BBB.
> You'll still need a board of some kind, if for no other reason than
On 28 Mar 2018, at 22:02, Rick Mann wrote:
I'm just starting on building a CNC router using MachineKit and a BBB. You'll
still need a board of some kind, if for no other reason than to isolate the BBB
from the rest of your system. I bought an OPTOCAPE ($165) to experiment with,
but I will b
> On 3 Apr 2018, at 06:54, Roderick Mann wrote:
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>> On Mar 29, 2018, at 00:37 , Bas de Bruijn wrote:
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>>> On 28 Mar 2018, at 22:02, Rick Mann wrote:
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>>> I'm just starting on building a CNC router using MachineKit and a BBB.
>>> You'll still need a board of some kind, if fo
> On Mar 29, 2018, at 00:37 , Bas de Bruijn wrote:
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>> On 28 Mar 2018, at 22:02, Rick Mann wrote:
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>> I'm just starting on building a CNC router using MachineKit and a BBB.
>> You'll still need a board of some kind, if for no other reason than to
>> isolate the BBB from the rest of yo
Hi and thanks for the reply.
I'm not sure why I need a board for isolation - my current setup doesn't
have anything like that. I just have a ribbon cable that goes from my
Ethernet Smooth Stepper to the Gecko motor driver. Maybe there is isolation
in the Gecko or I don't understand something.
After thinking about it, here's what I'm thinking I'll do. I'm going to
abandon the BBB idea. It doesn't seem worth the time. I'll either end up
with an ethernet system on Linux or an ethernet system on Windows, using a
standard x86 CPU.
So I'm going to try running Linux on my existing CNC lap
On 3/29/2018 9:46 AM, Andrew Voelkel wrote:
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>> Yes, BBB with Machinekit is standard fare. There are images you can put on
>> an SD.
>> Charles has made the pru_generic driver, and that basically means that
>> step generation is done on the PRU.
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>> If you use the BBB, you’d have to make sure
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> Yes, BBB with Machinekit is standard fare. There are images you can put on
> an SD.
> Charles has made the pru_generic driver, and that basically means that
> step generation is done on the PRU.
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> If you use the BBB, you’d have to make sure you get proper isolation from
> the BBB pins to
> On 28 Mar 2018, at 22:02, Rick Mann wrote:
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> I'm just starting on building a CNC router using MachineKit and a BBB. You'll
> still need a board of some kind, if for no other reason than to isolate the
> BBB from the rest of your system. I bought an OPTOCAPE ($165) to experiment
> with, bu
Hi Andrew,
> On 28 Mar 2018, at 18:50, Andrew Voelkel wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I was referred to the MachineKit group after discussing plans to switch my
> router machine control from Mach3 on Windoze. He told me that people are
> using the PRU on the BBB to do the stepper motor control for LinuxCN
I'm just starting on building a CNC router using MachineKit and a BBB. You'll
still need a board of some kind, if for no other reason than to isolate the BBB
from the rest of your system. I bought an OPTOCAPE ($165) to experiment with,
but I will be designing and building my own board at the sam
Hi,
I was referred to the MachineKit group after discussing plans to switch my
router machine control from Mach3 on Windoze. He told me that people are
using the PRU on the BBB to do the stepper motor control for LinuxCNC. That
sounded attractive.
(I have a Gecko motor driver. My system is 4
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