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GyroGearloose
6y

Hey guys
I'm trying to do something different from the usual and need your help.
I want to install linuxCNC in a pen drive (as in a live CD, but with the file system in the PEN which is usable)
I want to plug it into my mother's laptop, use it with my machines, then just unplug and it will run the native windows for my father.

How can I do this'?
I only find Live CDs, and I'm afraid of ruining my OS when If I try to install (afraid of installing on the SSD instead of the PEN).

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  • 1
    6y
    Ah! The solution here is easy!
    find a way to NOT be afraid 😅

    Looking in /dev very carefully and having backup
  • 1
    6y
    How do you control the machines from your mother's laptop??
  • 1
    6y
    @mngr Linux cnc talks to arduino, the machines for now will be arduino based :p
  • 1
    6y
    How does them talk? Ethernet?
  • 1
    6y
    USB most likely, maby Bluetooth or wifi later
  • 1
    6y
    the linuxcnc community did something to talk with arduino via USB??? I read that it is a non-real-time bus and that it should be avoided (if you need good time precision)
  • 1
    6y
    @mngr Oh... Thanks for the tip.

    So maybe not the best option...
  • 1
    6y
    @GyroGearloose

    I'm thinking of creating a library for myself, but I'll still need a gcode controller... I can program in C for straight lines and such, not for curves (I think)
  • 1
    6y
    Uhm, give a look at klipper (on github)

    actually, lot of people from 3d print world made something like this, even if I think that the gcode interpreter is on the MCU...

    look for octoprint or repetier firmware.
    maybe you will not have linuxcnc but I hope you can still move your machine
  • 0
    6y
    Thanks :p I'll Check them out
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