is TinyG hardware control possible with Estlcam?

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  • March 17, 2016 at 8:00 pm #9445
    matt_o_70
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    Hi guys,
    I am just getting up to speed with my TinyG V8 on a CNC router and so far I like the TinyG hardware but I am not a big fan of Chilipeppr for control.

    I have recently discovered EstlCam and am very impressed with this CAM package value! Christian the developer -has built in support for UNO R3 or GRBL hardware and jogging with xbox controller as a pendant looks handy. So this has me wondering is it possible to define the Pins and such to make a TinyG v8 profile for the ESTLCam software?

    March 18, 2016 at 6:59 am #9449
    cmcgrath5035
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    It may be possible, but I watched enough to conclude that ESTLCam likely downloads GRBL motion control into the UNO, then uses external Stepper Drivers (rather than a Gshield) to interface the steppers.
    The tinyGV8 interface language and serial I/O control is different than what GRBL defined way back before tinyG forked from GRBL.

    Similar CAM functionality for tinyGV8 is provided by Chilipeppr, which started focussed on tinyG but was enhanced midstream to have a GRBL flavor.

    So, if ESTLCam is open source, you might be able to create a tinyG version, I would guess with non-trivial programming effort.

    March 25, 2016 at 3:22 am #9494
    Estlcam
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    Hi,

    Estlcam relies on an Arduino UNO or 100% compatible device – it unfortunately won’t work with the TinyG hardware (different processor).

    Christian

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