LinuxCNC: Software Configuration

Upshot: The last installment of this prototyping/demo work, discussing the software side of things. Now on to building the machine. Topic index: 00:00 - Intro & other resources 02:16 - Virtual machines (and how they don't work) 03:53 - Installation 05:35 - Stepconf Wizard for stepper motors 07:00 - Stepper drive timing 08:50 - Thread timing, latency, & the realtime kernel 13:00 - Parallel port pin settings 15:25 - Axes configuration, lead pitch 16:49 - Axes configuration, velocity and acceleration 18:53 - Affects of hardware on step precision and speed 20:45 - Limits and homes 22:48 - Running the AXIS GUI 24:51 - Loading a gcode file Russtuff's LinuxCNC playlist:    • LinuxCNC (v2.7) Tutorials   LinuxCNC docs: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/ http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/pdf/Linu... LinuxCNC forums: https://forum.linuxcnc.org/ The stepper drive timing wiki page: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki... Here's the full plasma build series:    • CNC Plasma Build (Full)   Just the LinuxCNC stuff:    • LinuxCNC Guides   Additional LinuxCNC documents of mine, and links to other people's video and/or files can be found on my GitHub project here: https://github.com/swolebro/swolebro-... Help me make more cool shit: http://paypal.me/swolebroshopworks