Hi, Apologies, I'm a real newbie and would really appreciate some help, where I'm up to...
Got the latest image from here: http://deb.machinekit.io/uploads/de0-nano/debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-10-29/debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-10-29-5.0gb.img.xz I used an 8GB sandisk ultra In linux: sudo bmaptool copy ./debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-10-29-5.0gb.img.xz /dev/mmcblk0 Connected up using SerialTools on the Mac, select usbserial-XXXXXXXXX and baud rate 115200 and hit connect. Press any key while booting: => env default -a ## Resetting to default environment => setenv ethaddr ba:d0:4a:9c:4e:ce => saveenv Saving Environment to MMC... Writing to MMC(0)... done => reset l:p is machinekit:machinekit uname -a shows: Linux mksocfpga 4.1.22-ltsi-rt23-ge3c1da3 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Tue Aug 23 09:56:10 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux cat /etc/issue "Debian GNU/Linux 8 \n \l Machinekit SoC/FPGA Debian Image, Altera CycloneV 2016-11-21" ifconfig should show the MAC you set and your IP address should be stable with DHCP I can ssh in from my Mac Pro (install XQuartz) using "ssh -X [email protected]" I change directory into machinekit and run machinekit I'm presented with the Machinekit Configuration Selector, woohoo! Is 4.1.22-ltsi-rt23-ge3c1da3 correct for debian-9.2, isn't it supposed to be 4.9, also /etc/issue shows 8 and the dates are all in 2016, seems weird? What to do now with machinekit, no idea where to start, Charles made me a G540 config: https://github.com/machinekit/mksocfpga/commit/7e81953c7a7971daaa08c533ef1cc828dbd9fcdd How do I get that on to this DE0? So I have my G540 and a stepper, all I want to do is cable up the X axis to verify everything works (I'm using jumper wires) so can somebody please give me a newbie guide to what I do next, my thoughts: DE0 to G540 DB25, on the G540 it seem I only need to connect pins 2 (X-AXIS STEP) & 3 (X-AXIS DIRECTION), which pins will I connect that to on the DE0 once I import the Charles G540 config, direct DE0 pin to G540 pin connections as I don't have an assembled DE0-Nano_DB25 (I got three from osh park but I'm waiting for the parts to come from digi-key and I will have to do a bunch of practice before I even attempt to solder 0603)? DB9 for X AXIS I need to connect the four wires from the stepper to pins 6, 7, 8 & 9, 6 & 7 are the A coil, 8 & 9 the B coil, how to work out the order as the stepper wires (black/green are one coil and red/blue are another according to a piece of paper that came with the stepper)? Once I have the G540 config and have wired the above simple test what do I do from the "Machinekit Configuration Selector" page to just test one stepper, is that possible, if so, how? Sorry to be a pain but this would really be a lot of help. Thanks. Richard On 2 March 2018 at 18:37, Richard Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > Update > > Image installed and successfully booted > > I lost some time figuring out that I had written to an SD card partition > instead of the raw device... On 28 February 2018 at 23:11, Richard Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for all the help. >> >> So I have the DE0-Nano-SoC, G540 and steppers are there instructions on how >> to install machinekit on the SoC and mesa on the FPGA? >> >> I should be able to wire it all up OK, I'm basically going to start by >> getting one stepper moving as instructed, I'm calling this phase 1. >> >> So it will be DE0-Nano-SoC connected to G540 connected to a stepper. >> >> I will just install Cetus on Android. >> >> Am I taking the path of least resistance? >> >> Any documents, tips or tricks that will help me? >> >> My computer skills are great so as long as I have instructions I will be >> fine with that. >> >> I know very little about CAD/CAM or emc2/linuxcnc/machinekit. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Richard -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
