by bdring » Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:50 pm
The propeller guy contacted me a few months ago. He is sharp and knows what we need. His board will do everything we want.
My XMOS board is only going to do engraving and may evolve to cutting as well, but I doubt it will ever compare with his. I plan to make my board open source, and not sell a "turn key" version. I will probably have some extra raw boards some day. There is talk in the XMOS forums of a Stamp style version that will make a home built version easier.
The Propeller and the XMOS are very similar. The Propellor has a lot more history and experience behind it making development easier. The XMOS is probably a little more powerful and has XC/C/C++ language support which is a plus. As far as CNC/Laser/etc requirements, they can hold their own against similarly priced FPGAs.
Mach3 Plugin
What is your steps per inch. Has that changed? The Mach3 plugin is probably sensitive to that. Just for my curiousity, could you post your steps per inch, plus a screen shot of the plugin screen just before you run it. There may be a sweet spot that Mach3 can work in.
Bart
"If you didn't build it, you will never own it."