Question CNC Machine G-Code with Raspberry Pi

Hi everyone,

I hope everything is going well for you. I'm working on a project for college. I have to design a CNC machine with Raspberry Pi. I've done the basics. I managed to connect a stepper motor. I've also designed the mechanical structure.

Now I'm stuck. I have to design a code panel for CNC. The user enters machine language code(G-Code) and the Raspberry Pi converts this code into action.

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks.

So, in simple words, the user will enter the x and y axis in G-code format and the Pi will get these coordinates and will move the motors accordingly.

Is the RasPi part of the requirement, I mean, this is an intentional exercise? I ask because there are existing solutions to this. So I think it doesn't make much sense to re-invent the wheel.

Google "GRBL controller", "Estlcam controller" or "Beamicon Micropod", for example.

Yeah, I am getting your point but the thing is we need to design it from scratch on our own. That's kind of an academic requirement.

Thing is, we need to design these already designed paltforms on our own. WE are buildng exactly this thing "GRBL controller" on our own.

Yeah Raspberry Pi is a requirement We are using this version of Pi: https://www.theengineeringprojects....rry-pi-4-pinout-specs-projects-datasheet.html

If it's an exercise it's totally OK to develop something again that already exists. I just thought I had to keep you from doing unnecessary work in the case you didn't know.

Thanks for your suggestion, it actually helped. Now I have a reference, what I want to design.