Is Raspberry + mesa 7i92 possible
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18 Jan 2017 19:00 #86078
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The title says it all, is this combination possible? should a need to add a second eth port to the RPi (maybe usb to eth)
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18 Jan 2017 19:38 #86084
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I dont think its practical because the RPI doesn't have native Ethernet (only Ethernet over USB which is not real time)
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18 Jan 2017 19:51 #86085
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Banana Pi then?
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18 Jan 2017 20:10 #86086
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Possibly, I would do a ping test against a real time host (or a 7I92) and verify that its Ethernet driver is realtime capable
before wasting a lot of time however. Preempt-RT patched Realtek and Intel Ethernet MAC drivers are known to be real time capable, random ARM hardware: unknown...
before wasting a lot of time however. Preempt-RT patched Realtek and Intel Ethernet MAC drivers are known to be real time capable, random ARM hardware: unknown...
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18 Jan 2017 20:21 #86089
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So, the safest choice today is to use one the mesa with SPI ?
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18 Jan 2017 20:39 - 18 Jan 2017 20:40 #86090
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Unless you need low power or have very little space availabe, a PC with a real disk drive
is pretty much better in every way than the ARM platform for LinuxCNC
With a few exceptions, the ARM platforms suffer from cellphone-itus:
#1. Short product lifetime
#2. Bad documentation
#3. Kernel bugs that are never fixed until the product is obsolete
#4. Every new SOC is different so you start over at #1 every couple of years
#5. Often dismal graphics performance compared to X86
Basically the consumer embedded ARM chips are not a "platform"
in the same way a x86 PC is a platform
If you really want to use ARM, I would suggest Machinekit/Beaglebone
The Beaglebone uses an industrial SOC instead of a consumer tablet SOC
and has a couple built in real time processors(PRUs) that can do things like high
speed step generation and encoder counting so the beaglebone does not need a FPGA
for these capabilities.
is pretty much better in every way than the ARM platform for LinuxCNC
With a few exceptions, the ARM platforms suffer from cellphone-itus:
#1. Short product lifetime
#2. Bad documentation
#3. Kernel bugs that are never fixed until the product is obsolete
#4. Every new SOC is different so you start over at #1 every couple of years
#5. Often dismal graphics performance compared to X86
Basically the consumer embedded ARM chips are not a "platform"
in the same way a x86 PC is a platform
If you really want to use ARM, I would suggest Machinekit/Beaglebone
The Beaglebone uses an industrial SOC instead of a consumer tablet SOC
and has a couple built in real time processors(PRUs) that can do things like high
speed step generation and encoder counting so the beaglebone does not need a FPGA
for these capabilities.
Last edit: 18 Jan 2017 20:40 by PCW.
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