RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] FYI: NASA Tech Briefs Insert on Motion Control

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for the URL, but doesn't the "Ad Copy" (NASA Tech Brief??) read a
little strange to you? I can't get a clear understanding of what each
software section is doing. The descriptions seem to flip back and forth,
and tasks are at one time done by one unit, and by another somewhere else in
the text. I'm probably reading it wrong on my first reading. No, I'm not
going to read it again! I might check out Wind River, 'tho.

Alan KM6VV

> [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Schmitz
>
> Machine builders: Latest tech briefs has a motion control insert.
>
> http://www.techbriefs.com/motion/index.html
>
> Software guys: If you go to applications, you'll see an article,
> "Software Technology Links Motion Control to PC-based System". This
> article is about VxWin, a real-time extension that lets you do real
> deal timing under Windows XP. Could save a year of development time
> making a parallel port work, or so I hear.
>
> Of course now you have to pay Wind River as well as Microsoft, but
> it'll save you some device driver hacking and reprogramming system
> timers. Who knows, maybe now that real-time extensions for Linux are
> really working right Wind River might become less agressive than
> Microsoft allowing a reasonably priced product (let me know so I can
> stop holding my breath).