I have been reading around the different Pi posts, but none gave an actual model of Pi to use. Im thinking about the new Pi zero2, if that would be enough what else would i need to go with it to make it work. I have been using a laptop and have a monitor tv that i hook to so that is good to go. I also have a mini keyboard mouse that I can use for jogging and such. Will it be capable of running both motion and create as I make changes on the fly quite often.
You want a Raspberry Pi 4 w/ a 32-bit OS.
Some folks have gotten an rPi 5 to work (again, w/ a 32-bit OS).
Currently only Carbide Motion runs on a Raspberry Pi.
If you are looking to run both I would look at a N100 or N150 with Windows 11.
How does that work with create, is therer a wine version for pie or does it run, I have a pi5 that havent used for anything yet may go ahead and use it. Put a browser and such on it as well
At this time, Carbide Create runs on Mac OS and Windows — the .c2d file has to be copied to the computer running Carbide Motion which is connected to the machine.
There is a mechanism for copying over a wireless connection from a file open in Carbide Create to Carbide Motion if running on a separate machine.
I have wine running on a DELL AIO desktop, works like a charm, Windows programs can be installed almost as under Windows. No idea whether works the same on Raspi desktop. Will try, but will need some weeks.
I suspect the RPi5 would not run CC all that well. Might be good enough for some basic designs but I think it would choke on complex stuff. The 3D renders, if they work at all, would probably have a significant processing delay. And 3D toolpath calcs would probably take forever.
But I am curious to know if it would work at all!
My setup might be interesting if you’re looking for a cheaper alternative.
I grabbed an old i5 Lenovo thin client off eBay, paired it with a beat-up tablet over USB, and the tablet now acts as a touchscreen for the thin client. Don’t get me wrong—I love Raspberry Pis—but for about $45 shipped, plus a slightly broken tablet, I basically ended up with an industrial PC that lives in the shop and costs less (in both time and money) than a Pi-based build.
And honestly, I don’t see a Pi Zero running Wine—let alone Carbide Motion inside Wine. I’d even question how well a Pi 4 would handle it.
If you want, I can post a picture of the setup.
FWIW…I have successfully run Carbide Motion (without wine) on RPI3 (yes 3) using the
Carbide3D RPI Carbide Motion files. It’s been several versions of CM back, but my experience was it ran CM just fine and drove the S3 XXL with no issues. Only moved to a MAC in the shop so I would have access to Carbide Create in the shop for those “little” tweaks that almost always were required. Getting close to moving a Linux box to shop and using the Linux version of CM, paired with CC running within Wine which I’ve been using away from the shop for some time with no issues.
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Will it run on an arm version of windows
I believe our software runs on the more recent Arm chips on current versions of Windows using the compatibility layer — except that the USB driver for the machine isn’t supported, so while Carbide Motion runs, it can’t connect, Carbide Create is fine of course.
Please check in w/ the folks at support to check if that has changed.
Well after searching around speaking with support I have narrowed down my choices. Either find easy to use cad cam software for linux or Raspberry pie that is easy to use as Carbides, or run motion on the pi and if changes need to be made come to the house make changes and save.
Any software suggestions, i will be running a pi5 so lets run down that rabbit hole.
What sort of work do you wish to do?
How do you wish to approach it?
I’ve enjoyed using a RPi5 as a dedicated control & user interface running CM for my SPROXXL. Once you get network sharing working, sending files to the Pi from my design PC’s is usually hassle free - especially after I got Syncthing setup & running. Project files I intend to run, I save to the sync’d folder & they automatically get copied/updated to the Pi over the local network - doesn’t need Internet.
Its an 3xxl so its 2d basically
There is nothing about a Shapeoko 3 XXL which limits one to 2D work.
There is a wide variety of opensource programs — pretty much all of them should work on a Raspberry Pi, perhaps LibreCAD paired w/ dxf2gcode would work? Or isn’t there a new G-code plugin for Inkscape?
i was referring to no 3d work, I think waht i am going to do after reading some info is pi the drive and linux the hard coding. If i have to i walk back in the house to make my change.
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