Testing G-Code Senders on Raspberry Pi 5 for CNC Machines | LinuxCNC, UGS, CNCjs & More
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2024
- Dive into the world of CNC with the Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB) as we evaluate its compatibility with popular G-Code senders. Discover the installation process and potential of LinuxCNC, G-Sender, UGS, and CNCjs on this new hardware. Learn why the Raspberry Pi 5, with its 64-bit OS, might
change the way you manage your CNC operations.
🛠️ What's Inside:
1. Overview of Raspberry Pi 5 and its advantages for CNC.
2. Installation challenges and successes of LinuxCNC, G-Sender, UGS, and CNCjs.
3. Insights on choosing the right G-Code sender and hardware for your CNC setup.
🔍 Key Points:
1. Raspberry Pi 5's 64-bit OS limitations for certain software.
2. Successful installation of UGS and CNCjs, and why LinuxCNC is hardware-specific.
3. Pros and cons of using Raspberry Pi 5 for G-Code sending in CNC operations.
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Learn about the new Raspberry Pi 5's capabilities and limitations for CNC.
Get a step-by-step guide on setting up G-Code senders on this new hardware.
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From South Africa here...61 years old, got my pi 4 - 8 gig and micro sd 128 and started learning linux two months ago - first time with a rp :) I am presently using win 7 and ardunio / grbl to run my diy cnc router - everything open source , except paid for Cambam....very tight budget. I really would like to make a swap over to linux cnc and pi 4 (small foot-print/dust factor - as you mentioned)....The learning never stops :) A real-life install, from beginning to producing a part (in great detail) would be a really usefull tool for us makers....I have spent a gazzilion hours getting my setup perfected - 6 years running without a glitch now :) Great video showing alternative senders for the pi - thanks
That's awesome, and congrats. The learning never does stop. LinuxCNC looks interesting and opens up a whole new rabbit hole into controllers.
I'm currently thinking about integrating a pi5 with a 26" touch screen into my electronics cabinet for my cnc router. The router runs on FluidNC and I've been using CNCjs for testing and I've grown to like it.
I got CNCjs to run on my Pi 5. It was really simple, just follow the instructions. I forgot to enable the kiosk mode and redid the setup but it doesnt seem to have changed the setting so I'll probably just make a little script that on boot starts the browser in fullscreen mode at localhost/#/workspace. I also want to mount google drive as a storage medium so i can save files on my PC to the drive and load them from there on the RPi. I can also acces the CNCjs webinterface on my PC with the IP of the Raspberry as both are in the same network. Next up is testing if it works with my controller and then comes the monitor
Good job sir! I love my pi based controller. Thanks for doing some leg work on the 5
They are mighty fine computers, and once they are set up, you can just keep using them over and over without fear of an update breaking something.
no matter what sender, no matter what software, there's one thing i want that's as hard to dig out as a booger just past the bone, a way to get encoder input in without resorting to horrifically bad cobbled firmware, i've gone as far as doing a design up in ttl that'd work fine.
I've been running bCNC on a 2 gig Pi-4 for a couple of years and think it's great. UGS ran on the Pi-4 but the real time display did not function, which is a known problem. I have not tried either on a Pi-5 yet. I think Pi-5 is way overkill for CNC. You could probably use a Pi Zero 2W, which is about as powerful as a Pi 3b+.
I run bCNC on a pi3 with the Protoneer hat for the last 6 years.
I know, but i have gotten a pi every generation, i just find them fun. I just can't find my original one. I did load up gsender and cncjs on the pi3 I have, and it just felt sluggish after using a 4 and 5. I have not used the pi zero, but I think I might have to try one out.
Good video Paul. It's a bummer that a pi5 won't run gSender but hopefully that will change in the future.
It is a bummer, I put a lot of hours trying to get it to work, but that wizardry is beyond me.
what si gSender???
Don't think I have commented to you for some time, since I moved into my FIXER upper. Still can't afford the Longmill and with summer fixing coming up (mo money), I decided to settle for a Two Trees TTC-450.
Only 460*460*80mm, but that's a step up from the 3018. Hopefully I will find something to make and sell with it. Should be able to do some decent reliefs. Not as bright as you making money with the 3018. I'm planning to buy a used intel NUC off eBay for about $50 to run it. You know you can tell Windoze not to update. And Linux is the better OS (other than gaming). Thanks for the informative testing with G-Code Senders.
Good to hear from you. Hope the move has treated you well. I just saw a video on the TTC-450. It looks like a very nice machine. You will have to let me know how you like its touch screen. Also, which spindle did you go with?
@@D.E.Hammer It has a 500W spindle. The videos I've seen look good. I hope it is reasonably rigid an accurate.
@@D.E.Hammer Okay, I've been messing with this for a week now.
I bought it with the 500W but it shipped with both spindles. Using the 500W, of course.
The small display is easy to fat-finger, so you need to use a stylus.
The display tends to key-bounce occasionally.
You only have steps of .1, 1, and 10mm. No 100. Only need to punch the button 46 times to move from one side to the other!
I do like that I can send a file over WiFi and just use the control panel to initialize and start the job.
I'm trying to find a good forum for this thing other than Facebook. 😝
What systeem ys from gsender😂😂
Why not Windows Tablet, no dust in ventilator 😂
I did not even think about tablets. LoL
My wife has an old surface tablet. I should try it
Throwing Linuxcnc with gcode senders is a complete lack of understanding of Linuxcnc.
The RPi5 as of now will only be useful with Ethernet or using the gpios. SPI is currently unsupported.
Linuxcnc is far far more powerful than a gcode sender, as it is the cnc controller.
It would have been helpful to state the difference between a gcode sender such as grbl and a cnc controller as linuxcnc.