Hi Alexander
I decided that this is the way to go. I did see that there is some talk that not all kernels are supported on the board. Is there a place where I can go look to see how to get this board setup with MachineKit please?

------ Original Message ------
From: "Alexander Rössler" <[email protected]>
To: "Marius Liebenberg" <[email protected]>
Sent: 2018-04-04 13:37:56
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] One servo system

I think a simple real-time component should also do the trick in case
the ladder logic component (it's also RT right?) does not work for your
application.

The PocketBeagle also has a PRU like the BeagleBone, so step generation
or encoder feedback should be fine.

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Alexander

Marius Liebenberg writes:

I just looked at the PocketBeagle and it seems to be a good choice for
 servo or stepper.
 It will have to be headless so I would imagine that I will be using
 ladder to control the system with.

The track length is 6m, a button is pressed and I accelerate to 8m/s and
 stop at the other end waiting for a command to do the same in the
opposite direction. Machine must home in the one axis on demand as well.

 Would the ladder logic route be good enough or are there some other
 suggestions?


 ------ Original Message ------
 From: "Alexander Rössler" <[email protected]>
 To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
 <[email protected]>
 Cc: "Marius Liebenberg" <[email protected]>
 Sent: 2018-04-04 09:24:43
 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] One servo system

Machinekit + PocketBeagle is good combo if you are looking for
something
running Linux.

Chris Albertson writes:

Of course. Write a PID based control loop and put it an something like an Arduino. I've done this a few times the control the wheels
of
  a mobile robot.

The details depend on the interfaces to botkhthe motoring the higher
  level control


  As for higher level control...  Is it a human using a joystick or
some
kind of automation that does the same thing repetivity or must the device interact with the environment some how. Perhaps opening a for
  as a person approaches.

  Then I have to ask what kind of hardware driver you have.   Some
  drivers do most of the work for you.  These might take a
step/direction pulse, r have an analog input. But other drivers are
  just an H-Bridge and raw encoder signals.    This is the kind of
  serves I use.   I end u using a small micro controler (Arduino or
  ARM-M) and relaying on a PID library.

In ant case most of your effort will be spent in the interfaces not
  the actual PID control loop as that is just a few calls to a PID
  library

  On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Marius Liebenberg
  <[email protected]> wrote:
  Hi all
I have to put together a system that will use one servo to drive a
small
platform over a distance of 6m at a speed of about 25km/h or 8m/s or
there
  about.

  I feel that using a full computer and mesa card for just one axis
that does
not need a display sounds a bit excessive. The question is what are
the
  other options if any.



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  Regards / Groete

  Marius D. Liebenberg
  +27 82 698 3251
  +27 12 743 6064

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