A new MachineKit image is now available. While there are no dramatic changes with this release, pretty much everything got updated. There's a new kernel (-bone33), the latest Debian (7.3), and continued updates to LinuxCNC. One somewhat major change is switching from the xdm display manager to lightdm, which plays nice with consolekit so the shutdown/reboot buttons work, user-mode USB mounting works, etc.
There's no dramatic reason to update if your current system is working well. This is primarily a baseline build I wanted to make available before I head off and start seriously working with the joints-axis code on the BeagleBone for controlling the non-Cartesian 3D printers I'm building (a Mini-Kossel-Pro mashup, and Nicholas Stewart's Wally and GUS Simpson).
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
New BeagleBone Cape Available
Alex Joni has finished up his bbb_parport cape and has them available for sale!
This cape provides support for up to 6 axis, and has an optional ADC for analog inputs. There is a DB25 connector that should allow direct connection of an existing LPT based CNC machine to a BeagleBone. If you're more interested in cutting metal than printing with plastic, this is the cape for you!
Great work, Alex!
This cape provides support for up to 6 axis, and has an optional ADC for analog inputs. There is a DB25 connector that should allow direct connection of an existing LPT based CNC machine to a BeagleBone. If you're more interested in cutting metal than printing with plastic, this is the cape for you!
Great work, Alex!
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