Raspberry Pi Zero W?

I've been searching around, but can't find an answer to the questions of "Will LinuxCNC work on a Raspberry Pi Zero W?" or "Can I drive a Mesa 7C81 board with LinuxCNC on a Raspberry Pi Zero?"

For background, I built a router with LinuxCNC years ago, and I just acquired a Bridgeport CNC mill this past weekend.  The drivers for the steppers on the BP are from "Ah-Ha", which went out of business about 20yrs ago.  So, I want to replace the steppers with modern hybrids, and get a compact electronics installation.  I have an Acorn controller board, but that would require a Windows PC out in the workshop.  OTOH, I've got the Pi Zero right here in hand, surplus from another project.  If it could drive the Mesa, I'd be halfway there.

Probably not.
That is just a guess from what i read.
Try running the ready made image in the download section.

Excellent idea.
Thank you.

echristley wrote:

I've been searching around, but can't find an answer to the questions of "Will LinuxCNC work on a Raspberry Pi Zero W?" or "Can I drive a Mesa 7C81 board with LinuxCNC on a Raspberry Pi Zero?"

For background, I built a router with LinuxCNC years ago, and I just acquired a Bridgeport CNC mill this past weekend.  The drivers for the steppers on the BP are from "Ah-Ha", which went out of business about 20yrs ago.  So, I want to replace the steppers with modern hybrids, and get a compact electronics installation.  I have an Acorn controller board, but that would require a Windows PC out in the workshop.  OTOH, I've got the Pi Zero right here in hand, surplus from another project.  If it could drive the Mesa, I'd be halfway there.

LinuxCNC cannot be installed on Rasp Pi Zero
It only has 512 MB RAM