Re: Palm CNC

Check out the yahoo group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsbasic-palm

it might be a start.

I could see the palm as a mondo pendant !
just link pre-recorded g-codes and fill in the blank coordinates.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Chris L <datac@l...> wrote:
>
>
> jeffalanp wrote:
>
> >Hi Chris,
> > The Palm pilot could be an interesting CNC controller or
Indexing
> >controller, but how does it communicate with the outside world,
USB,
> >Serial, (I doubt that it has a parallel port to drive a stepper
> >driver)?
> >
> They have a "Synch" cable that allows you to connect it to a
computer
> via USB port or Serial Port where typically it synchronizes the
data
> between it and your PC applications. So, they must use some form of
> microproccessing "outside the box" ?? Obviously, I'll be browsing a
few
> sites and absorb all I can. Most of the new ones are 8meg units,
but
> have a slot or port for multimedia and SD cards like your camera
has. I
> think I also saw a Bluetooth device using the same socket so it
could be
> that that port does a lot more. I'm still learning. I can't believe
I
> have been missing out on this technology ! There is a lot of
software to
> integrate with excel and MS Access. Oh, it also can "Beam" info to
a PC
> or another Palm thru the built in Infrared. ( I think I finally
have a
> remote for my TV that the kids won't run off with !)
>
> I noticed the Robotics guys make use of both the "I" and
the "O"
> of "I/O". Somehow they use this bidirectional capability to monitor
> positioning like any typical servo system. I saw only a reference
or two
> for steppers....
> Too bad I'm so dumb, looks pretty neat. I did find a lot of
freeware fro
> Servo robotics, but most look like you make it run by "how you
draw" on
> it, or by entering code that looks like C++ stuff. Certainly not
hpgl or
> g-code!
>
> So far I found some other really neat engineering programs that
handle
> things more visually, like Belt and Rpm tools, based on the known
pulley
> diameters..
>
> Chris L