Getting started with Machinekit on the CHIP

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 This blog post is about getting started with Machinekit on the Nexthing CHIP. With a price of 9$; the CHIP is the cheapest single board computer with wifi and flash memory on the market. The low price and easy availability make the CHIP an ideal platform for low-budget motion-control applications. This blog post focuses on the user perspective of using ...

Machinekit on the C.H.I.P. 9$ computer

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 This article is about using the NextThing C.H.I.P. minicomputer with Machinekit. It explains how one can write GPIO drivers for Machinekit. Furthermore, it also shows how one can build Machinekit on the CHIP and how to cross compile an RT-PREEMPT kernel for the CHIP using the CHIP-SDK. If you are more interested in installing Machinekit and a pre-compiled RT kernel ...

Controlling TP-Link HS100/110 Smart Plugs with Machinekit

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 This article is about controlling the TP-Link HS100/HS110 smart home automation power sockets via Machinekit HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). The result is an HAL component which can toggle the relay state and monitor the energy consumption of a household electric device, such as a 3D printer. Idea Working on my goal to automate my 3D printing workflow, I came across ...

Machinekit and Cura

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 Slicing and Cura The process of creating program code (GCode), which are used as input for 3D printers, from 3D object files (STL) is called slicing, because the object is basically sliced into many very thin layers. Cura is an open source slicing software supported by Ultimaker for their 3d printers. Besides the official version from Ultimaker, many other 3d ...