Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port in the future - query

[Jon E. <el...@pi...>]

tomp wrote:
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>
> maybe this is of interest
> RT-Firewire on Linux, using Xenomai (RTAI )
> used for robotics, for realtime control of positioning systems
> it also enables RTnet over firewire
> several nice papers at http://www.rtfirewire.org
>   
Practically all PCs have USB and Ethernet.  The hardware is CHEAP!  
After some searching, the Real time Linux USB projects do NOT seem to be 
very active, unfortunately.  Anybody know anything about what is going 
on with them?  There is a USB4RT and a USB 2.0 for RT project.  The 
former was last updated in 2005, the latter in 2006.  That seems to 
indicate they are dead.  With all the new hardware out, it would seem 
there would need to be some maintenance work, at least.

Firewire is a rare thing, and not so cheap.


Jon