Homebrew PCBs

yes here!!!!!! and they are talking to it that means linuxcnc will control
it !!!!

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Eldon Brown <eldonb46@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Has anyone reverse engineered the CirCut?
> Or, is there a known problem in doing it?
>
> I think the Bus Pirate
> <http://dangerousprototypes.com/bus-pirate-manual/>or would be a
> helpful tool in an effort.
>
> See it at: http://dangerousprototypes.com/bus-pirate-manual/
>
> Regards,
> Eldon - WA0UWH
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 7:02 PM, jeremy youngs <jcyoungs76@...>
> wrote:
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> > **
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> >
> >
> > LinuxCNC (or anything else for that matter) won't talk to the CriCut,
> you'd
> > have to add your drivers and bypass all the electronics. Most of these
> > things use some form of HPGL, or mangled a bit to provide security
> > (presumably that's how it was reverse engineered).
> >
> > not necessarily true some printers run a simpl l293, 278 or 298 that will
> > directly communicate with lcnc, i know ive built them, however if your
> > machine is operated via microprocessor without the source code it will
> not
> > work as you say. This is why i said the pinout was necessary as if it has
> > enable input , or bus line it probably will not work, if it has simple
> step
> > and direction inputs as per the ic mebtioned above I could make it work.
> I
> > say try it the only thing he has to lose is some time.
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jeremy youngs


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