fit2cnc wrote: Where do I start looking into writing HAL driver for this card? :pinch:
The manual you just posted looks like a good start.
The documentation for the hal component generator is here:
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/comp.html
It might be called halcompile on your system, we changed the name.
A HAL driver written in .comp might look a bit like this.
Code:
component senso826 "A driver fo the Sensoray 826 board";
description "Only does analog out at the moment";
pin in float analogout-#[8] ;
option extra_setup yes;
option extra_cleanup yes;
function _;
license "GPL";
;;
// This might need the explicit path to the file
#include 826api.h
FUNCTION(_){
int i;
int ret;
u16 v; /
for (i =0 ; i <8 ; i++){
v = (analogout(i) + 10) *3276.8
ret = S826_DacDataWrite(0, i, v, 0);
}
EXTRA_SETUP(){
S826_SystemOpen();
}
EXTRA_CLEANUP(){
S826_SystemClose();
}
This is very minimalist, and probably won't work, but shows the basics and might be a basis for elaboration (value checking, more setup, add the DIO, support for boards other than board 0, handle error returns, etc etc.
It is probably worth a try just to see what happens.
