Talk:Fab@Home:Model 1 Software

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Are there currently any plans to make the source code for the project available? I think maybe a sourceforge project or similar would give the application a boost and probably encourage people to port the software to either java or linux. Or alternatively, you could post the source code here.

I was about to ask about source, but I see someone else already did (above). SourceForge isn't too reliable. Either put a .zip here, or, if you want revision control software, use something like Google's Code Hosting.

For linux, there is already a program known as EMC, or Enhanced Machine Controller (http://linuxcnc.org), which can control 6 (or more) axis machine tools and robots. The microcontroller would not be necessary, as EMC can drive the Xylotex board directly from a parallel port. There are two limitations to EMC: It works with G-code only, and it requires a hard real-time os (i.e. RTAI-patched Linux kernel).

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