Riley

Really good idea. I didn’t know you could register that? Have you done this before? Is its a matter of purchasing “custom” ftdi chips?

Riley

Very cool. The junk sr stuff happens on tgFX too. Its a factor I think of yoru $si set too low and having MANY little lines.

Btw what version of TinyG firmware are you running?

Love to see a video soon.

Riley

Davide,

I got your emails. Your order is paid for and waiting to go out. We will be shipping all grblShield orders from: 4/24/2012 through 5/17/2012 next week.

Your board will be on the way then.

Riley

That is a big difference.

338.11 (go by build numbers) is the current “release”. Its in master branch.

Riley

Just use bluetooth and get a hardware bluetooth serial port adapter. Of course I have not tried this yet. But it should work…

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/jy-mcu-arduino-bluetooth-wireless-serial-port-module-104299?item=4

Something like that..

Not sure why you want to play with SLA for talking to tinyg. I think that will be pretty cumbersome.

They way Matt and I came up with was 2 things. The bluetooth way / direct serial port or using a network connection to tgFX.

You could use SLA and use the network connection to connect to tgFX too if you wanted that way you do not have to mess with kernel drivers etc..

Riley

So its working now? Good!

Also, finding a “reliable” configuration to replicate your results might be harder than you think. Meaning that outside of TinyG settings we have power supply plus your specific motors as variables in that equation.

Another note is your motors.. Which are they? Do you have a datasheet? Barclay (another tg customer) has some very very beefy motors that are supposedly rated at 2.5A (the limit of the DRV8811 drivers are 2.5A) that are pulling more than 2.5A. I guess my point is the datasheet is not always accurate to whats really going on.

Oh and btw TinyG uses stepper motors not Servos. I know what you were talking about, but you might confuse others if they think you are running servos (using pwm vs motors using step dir).

We always like hearing what people are doing with their tinyg’s too so please let us know!

tgFX (tinyg gui) is in the works. I plan on having a new beta out by monday as an FYI.

Riley

Jan,

I checked the synthetos email account and did not receive anything from you on the 4th of May. Your product was shipped on the 26th of April. Once your package is on its way (internationally) its really in the hands of your customs. Australia is specifically bad having packages take 6 weeks to get there!

We cannot tell you when to expect your package really. Historically it takes 2 – 6 weeks to get there.

Hope that helps.

PS. I will leave this up for a few days. I am going to remove this topic as its not really a feature request.

Try to email us again and I will see whats up.

Riley