LinuxCNC-RIO - RealtimeIO for LinuxCNC based on FPGA (ICE40 / ECP5)

Awesome work!

I gotta ask... store.touchdro.com/ ... it's really expensive for what it is and the shipping cost is wild.  But I want something like it...

So can I get funky DRO functionality (not the Android app stuff) with RIO, like it would be cool to plug my lathe and mill machines SINO glass scales into RIO and also have local multi-segment displays beside each machine and a headless Pi somewhere...?

Thanks !

i have a very cheap Caliper with digital readout like this:
ideaengineering.us/?ec_store=pageid1904m...er100-700-06-dro-kit

that's on my to-do list, to read them out and integrate them into RIO

it would be nice to support all kinds of 'RS-422 (differential) and TTL (single-ended) glass and magnetic DRO scales' things but i have no to try it.

if you have this:
store.touchdro.com/products/touchdro-dro-adapter-kit
i think it is easy to attach a display to the esp32 if you only want to see the measured values.

this scales seem to have an A/B output like a rotary encoder, which could even work directly on RIO,
but unfortunately I can't test it
www.vevor.de/lineare-skalierung-c_10122/...scale-p_010550861161

i think there are cheaper and simpler options when it comes to just displaying the values, i don't think RIO is worth it for that

 

Yeah I’d agree with Ollie, if you just want a DRO there are better options that give more functions.
And from what I remember and how I did it, the Touch DRO circuit is easy enough to build up on some vero board.
Vevor au has a 3 axis kit for about $110 and a 2 axis kit for just under $100 and that includes scales and the head unit. For that price I wouldn’t mess around with a RPi and Linuxcnc, and also mate you’re really gunna think how many beer tokens you’ve spent trying to save money.

And in all honestly it’s not all that difficult to operate a lathe without a DRO.

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Very nice, thank you.

I seconded that, and to be fair I just got online (and got up)