Hi I'm building a CNC machine to wind lots of identical springs. I know how to do the mechanics and wire the bits together and can work out how to write the GCode in a laptop. I've read how to download GBRL into a UNO and should be able to sort that out, and also run the CNC from the GCode in my laptop.
But when I've got my GCode and CNC machine debugged I'd like to burn that Gcode into the UNO so that it can be powered up and run without the laptop connected. I can connect switches to the abort, hold, stop, reset etc pins on my breakout board to control the machine.
Is this possible and easy to do? My GCode program should be pretty small - under 100 instruction lines.
This is my first CNC machine and first Arduino project and I'm not a programmer so please spoon feed me.
Many Thanks (in anticipation)
BobP2