Re: Raspberry Pi for CADCAM CNC?

Hi Jon,
What sort of software connected the LinuxCNC and the laser power meter?
I've been trying to find some way of doing this sort of thing: 3 or more axis motion moving sensors around and recording data.
Haven't found anything convenient yet.

Does LinuxCNC hook into labview or something similar?

Thanks.

Elliot

> Oh, absolutely, if you want just one axis, I'm sure LinuxCNC can be made to
> do the job. I had a guy that needed to profile laser beams and create 3-D
> graphs of intensity. I built him a Taig X-Y base with the older EMC2,
> and he hooked up his laser power meter and made a program to scan
> the X-Y profile. So, LinuxCNC has great capability to be reconfigured
> for special tasks that are far from standard G-code machining.
> You could run a Gecko stepper drive directly from the parallel port,
> or possibly with a breakout board. Or, you could use a servo
> approach with Mesa or Pico Systems products, or Pico Systems'
> Universal Stepper Controller. There are a number of ways to do
> it, depending on the exact requirements (required steps/second, etc.)
>
> Jon
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