"RIO Core" is a real time I/O thingy for #LinuxCNC motion control which runs the hard-real-time stuff on an #FPGA, using #gateware custom-generated for parameters input through a GUI
on 02026-03-19this #video about getting an old Fanuc industrial robot arm working properly under #LinuxCNC is pretty nice:
on 02024-04-23#LinuxCNC on #Raspberry-Pi: “I am having problems installing rtai on a Raspberry Pi 4.” “RTAI is x86 only.” “Unlike most others I intend to use the base thread for my i/o, a latency of < 20uS would be desirable but not obtainable on this platform, maybe not any platform. Not using Mesa. Plan to build my own 48 pin optically isolated i/o and using stepgen.” Success not reported.
on 02021-11-11https://wiki.printnc.info/en/controllers/linuxcnc/rpi4mesa7i76e installing #LinuxCNC 2.8.0 on #Raspberry-Pi 4 with balenaEtcher; it’s based on Debian 10 Buster and the image is 1.2GB, on the LinuxCNC downloads page. But this is using a Mesa 7I76E for the real-time part.
on 02021-11-10"OrangeCNC" is a version of #LinuxCNC that runs on the #Orange-Pi, a Raspberry-Pi-like SBC which has BeagleBone-like real-time microcontrollers integrated into the main SoC, so they can do things like stepper control. #CNC
on 02020-12-21