None standard machines

car84 wrote:

The first is a one axis machine with data aquishition the data input will be a load cell

For this sort of application a "HAL-Only" setup might be best. You probably don't need the G-code interpreter or Axis GUI or lots of other stuff.

I did make a start on something similar, but other projects took over. You might want to hang out on the IRC and try to chat with WillenCMD. He has done pretty much what you describe with a 1-axis grinding machine and a GUI with just "start" and "abort" buttons (if I recall correctly).

For a 1-axis machine the "limit3" HAL component is probably all the motion controller you need. Feed a destination point in, and an accelleration and velocity-limited command comes out.