Computer to Microcontroller

Summary

This CNC toolchain has a computer with a CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) file streamer to stream the CAM file into a microcontroller that has been flashed with a CAM file interpreter.

CNC Code Streaming Graphical User Interface

You need Processing (IDE) to use Gctrl (GUI)

Microcontroller

Arduino Uno: Microcontroller Board Source

Arduino IDE: Integrated Development Environment Arduino

Getting Arduino Board and Processing to Communicate Together Instructions

Getting Computer to Connect to Arduino Board Instructions

CAM File Interpreter

GRBL: Gcode Interpreter Instructions

Configuring GRBL Instructions

Notes

sudo apt-get install librxtx-java

arduino IDE Serial Monitor: carriage return

sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre

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sudo ./arduino

sudo ./processing