CNC machine control by using Java/Groovy
Let’s sequentially discuss topics from work and occupation, machine tools, java/groovy automation to the estimating the future of humanity.
You will find in this article information about personal computer-aided manufacturing in the in-home workshop, the way from the creator’s idea to the end/finished item. Let’s consider the following approach for the G-code instruction sending from the JVM and groovy/java to the NC machine tool to automatize features that do not exist in out-of-the-box system.
I hope this article will be useful for the programmers, who work with JVM, for those who is interested in the IoT, those who are familiar to DIY, those who have 3D printer or who is planning to buy it, those who made prototype of any system and run the software at the Raspberry PI/Beagleboard Black. Things I will tell about you could retry using the open source software and open hardware.
This post is written based on my conference report from Central & Eastern European Software Engineering Conference in Russia 2016 and my personal experience with hardware and software.