Re: Black Box Goals

mariss,

do you have a price point set for the black box...? do you have a
fixed vendor list for the H/W or is it going to be open source on
that as well...? also, is the software end going to be dos real-time
or windows driven using buffers to 'fake' the black box into thinking
it is running real time...? also, on the software side, is there
going to be imports for iges, stl, or step files...? are you also
going to allow for z-axis height compensation and backlash
compensation...?

> Hi,
>
> Please add anything else that may be of use. I hope to be checking-
> off these items in the coming months as they are completed. With

luck

> all will be included.
>
> Mariss
>
>
> Black Box Goals:
>
> Hardware Goals:
>
> (1) 1 to 4 axis. Individual plug-in axis cards.
> (2) Plug-in I/O card.
> (3) Serial PC interface.
> (4) 65,536 evenly spaced speeds. No jitter, Scalable up to MHz

range.

> (5) 1 kHz update rate (motion and I/O).
> (6) 8 general purpose outputs (TTL level, LED indicator)
> (7) 8 general purpose inputs (TTL level, LED indicator, PC readable)
> (8) CW, CCW limit switch inputs per axis.
> (9) 2 8-bit A to D inputs (joystick jog?).
> (10) Handshake I/O. "Done" output, "Go" input for external hardware.
> (11) Flash-ROM microcomputer. Make your own improvements.
> (12) Small, cheap, and open architecture.
>
> Software Goals:
>
> (1) G-Code and "other" interface.
> (2) All axies equal and independent. All can run simultaneously.
> (3) Any 2 axis linear and circular interpolation.
> (4) 32-bit absolute position range.
> (5) Continuous path or single segment moves.
> (6) Linear, S-shaped, parabolic, etc. acceleration profiles.
> (7) Constant path velocity along arcs and line segments.
> (8) PC readable on-the-fly axies positions.
> (9) Pause capability. Decel to stop, wait for OK, accel and

continue.

> (10) Gear 1 or more axies to any other axies. Any ratio per axis.
> (11) Homing routine.
> (12) Open source code. Make your own improvements.