Re: Graduating from CNC to robotics

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "turbulatordude" <dave_mucha@...> wrote:

> If that does not fly, I would offer that the Arduino is a great starter microprocessor. Easy to use, has a huge array of chips you can use and although it is too slow for CNC work it has a lot of functions.
>

Actually, there is GRBL, an open source G-Code interpreter for the Arduino.

http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Grbl

Someone is even working on a shield for it:
http://blog.protoneer.co.nz/arduino-cnc-shield/

I am not the proper person to evaluate GRBL. It is what is running a lot of those ShapeOKOs and variants.

http://zapmaker.org/projects/grbl-controller-3-0/

Steve Greenfield AE7HD