grbl/grbl — Issue #51: emergency stop in next release
Author: jgeisler0303
Created: 2012-01-27 07:43:46+00:00
State: open

I think the big red button that shuts down all movement immediately is a must for the next release. (Have you ever watched a faulty program break your cutter and you couldn't react because the mains switch was out of reach?). The button could be wired in series with the limit switches so that the limit switches would also trigger an immediate halt. Not sure, but I think some DIY machines can break when the lead screw is over twisted. The limit switch/e-stop input pin should be configured as an interrupt. Its already in my jgeisler0303 fork. I'll try to port it to v0.8 soon, if everybody agrees.