RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Why not Nintendo CNC? (was Re: Palm CNC)

I'm still feeling my way around this CNC stuff so this suggestion may be
full of fault and unsuitable. There are comparatively inexpensive devices
which used to be used with printers (back when serial printers were the
norm, but PC's used parallel ports) which will do serial to parallel
conversion. This may be a way out for people who only have serial ports on
their pocket PC's, but need a parallel input to their controllers.



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-----Original Message-----
From: abbylynx <abbylynx@...> [mailto:abbylynx@...]
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 8:45 AM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Why not Nintendo CNC? (was Re: Palm CNC)


I've been considering reccyling my old pocket PC into a CNC
controller, actually. It's a little old Casio E-105, - nice spec
machine with a colour 16-bit touch screen display and 133Mhz
processor. You'd just slot the G-code files in on a compact-flash
memory card, or get the wirelessly through a Wifi network.

The only thing with all of these designs (PocketPC, Palm, GameBoy
etc.) is that all these small devices are only ever equipped with a
SERIAL connection, which means in addition to everything else you'll
need some kind of small dedicated Microcontroller to take serial
commands and direct the mill/lathe/spine-drilling robot/etc to do
something meaningful with the command. However, if you have a nice
(expensive) Roland Mill that already has a serial connection on it,
then you don't need much more than a simple terminal program that
streams commands and waits for a response before sending the next.

Otherwise you've got to do some work with a uController like the PIC.

> At 21:54 02/01/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >Funny you should mention the Nintendo Game Boy for CNC, Singer has

a silly

> >looking little sewing machine that does embroidery that is

controlled by a

> >game boy. Check out http://www.sewandserge.com/s-izek.htm to see

this

> >little guy.
> >
> >John Guenther
> >'Ye Olde Pen Maker'
> >Sterling, Virginia
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tony Jeffree [mailto:tony@j...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 14:10 PM
> > > To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Why not Nintendo CNC? (was Re: Palm

CNC)

> > >
> > >
> > > At 18:51 02/01/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> > > >Thanks fella's.....
> > > >
> > > >keep your Ears "peeled". If you find something interesting, or

more that

> > > >is CNC palm related, please mention it. If the robotics guys

are so

> > > >heavy into it, It'll make it to the CNC arena as soon as a

programmer

> > > >type spends some time with it.
> > > >
> > > >I too saw some of the development proggys...... Very much like

VB. I

> > > >have only fiddled with VB mostly in Access, but understand its

methods

> > > >in a very limited way.
> > >
> > > Looking at the Nintendo "Game Boy"s that we finally gave in &

bought for

> > > our kids this Xmas, it struck me that one of those could form

the

> > > basis of
> > > an interesting controller, pendant, display unit or similar.

$100

> > > gets you
> > > a colour screen, a bunch of push buttons, a processor, plug-in

memory

> > > modules, and an external I/O port (used for multi-player games,

but no

> > > doubt could be used as a means of interfacing to the driver

stage

> > > of a CNC
> > > control).
> > >
> > > Has the added advantage that when you're done making swarf, you
> > > could plug in the latest "shoot-em-up" game too...
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Tony
>
> Regards,
> Tony

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