RiceCNC For Mac

RiceCNC is a macOS application designed to connect to TI LaunchPad boards and control Computer Numeric Control (CNC) machines. The app can work with two boards that are serially connected, and is capable of managing different types of motors.

The RiceCNC application provides a user-friendly interface for running CNC programs, but to be able to connect to the micro-controller boards, you must separately download and install the flasher utilities that download the appropriate firmware to the intermediary µP board.

The flasher utilities are included in the RiceCNC Tools software archive, where you can find the installation packages and additional documentation. Once the connection is established, in the RiceCNC document window you must select the board you want to control with the current CNC program.

RiceCNC provides support for the RS274-D coding syntax, and you can write programs that control the motor axes by using circular paths that are directly transformed into cubic Bezier curves. The machine coordinates can be provided by using the mouse or the trackpad.

Other capabilities include a spindle speed control function, jogging, and the possibility to employ constant velocity for your motors. Note that you can use RiceCNC for simple machine operations, such as drill cycles or pocket milling, but you can also write more sophisticated programs that make use of cubic Bezier curves.

RiceCNC provides a graphical user interface for connecting to TI LaunchPad and Uno32 micro-controller boards in order to send commands to CNC milling machines. The app provides support for sending basic commands for up to 9 axes and can work with 2 serially connected boards.

RiceCNC also comes with support for the RS274-D coding syntax and allows you to perform more complicated operations by writing programs that employ cubic Bezier curves.