Micro SD card containing a Machinekit image.

Machinekit is a turn-key BeagleBone SD image put together by Charles Steinkuehler (thanks Charles!) which provides a debian install (with Xenomai patched RealTime kernel), along with a development version of LinuxCNC - already compiled in place, ready to run / or to be further developed.

Charles provides the software along with installation instructions at his Machinekit Webpage.

For people who have trouble setting such an image up, we provide either the SD image as a downloadable file (see download section), or you can buy one prewritten and tested from here.

Version

Latest included Machinekit version: debian-7.2-machinekit-armhf-2013-12-02.tar.xz

Download

You can get the image from here. Just write it to an empty SD card using dd (Linux) or WinDiskImager (on Windows).