ericschimel

From the looks of the pinouts there’s enough IO on a DUE to run a 5 axis machine?

So are you saying that I have to flash a Gshield build to a Due even though I’m not using a GShield?

Not to bring this to another forum, but I think this sums up where I’m at:

https://github.com/synthetos/g2/issues/412

And perhaps cncfurgan too?

Alright, as a little bit of an update I have a DUE now and a bench setup with 5 external drivers, 5 steppers and some home/limit switches for testing.

I’m struggling a little bit with how to get started… To give a little background.. I’ve converted a couple of CNC machines’s control systems before, and I just did a GRBL setup on a smaller machine. I’m no expert, but I’ve got some idea of what I’m doing. GRBL was pretty straightforward. I was able to get a nice pinout diagram, and configure the board’s parameters and flash it pretty easily.

I’m not exactly sure how to get started with the DUE. The pinout diagrams are a little vague in that it sounds like they’re being updated a lot, and it also sounds like from what I’ve read that you can essentially assign any pin to any I/O you want (which is super cool).

Also, it looks like you need to compile a build of G2 Core for a DUE if you want to use it with a non standard setup…

So here’s the question: How do I get started here? At this point I really just want to get a DUE up and running on this bench setup with steppers not connected to a machine so I can experiment and learn, but the path to get there isn’t entirely clear.

I’m sure someone here as done this before, can anyone help?