Bug#552772: RFP: emc2 -- A free and powerful machine controller

[Carlo Stemberger <carlo.stemberger@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


* Package name    : emc2
  Version         : 2.4.0~pre
  Upstream Author : EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
* URL             : http://www.linuxcnc.org/
* License         : GPL and LGPL
  Programming Lang: Tcl, C, C++, Python
  Description     : A free and powerful machine controller

EMC (the Enhanced Machine Control) is a software system for computer control of machine tools such as milling machines and lathes.

EMC provides:
  * a graphical user interface (actually several interfaces to chose from)
  * an interpreter for "G-code" (the RS-274 machine tool programming language)
  * a realtime motion planning system with look-ahead
  * operation of low-level machine electronics such as sensors and motor drives
  * an easy to use "breadboard" layer for quickly creating a unique configuration for your machine
  * a software PLC programmable with ladder diagrams

It does not provide drawing (CAD - Computer Aided Design) or G-code generation from the drawing (CAM - Computer Automated Manufacturing) functions.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)