KNOB2FLOAT(9)

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version 2.9.4 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ KNOB2FLOAT(9) ✨

okay bestie so this is a HAL component, right? it's called knob2float and what it does is take counts (like, probably from an encoder, you know the vibe) and turn them into a float value. count → float. knob → output. it's giving translator. it's giving glow-up. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

loadrt knob2float [count=N|names=name1[,name2...]]

so you load it with count=N or names=name1[,name2...] — pick your fighter, either way you're getting your instances named and numbered. 🌸

🦋 FUNCTIONS 🦋

  • knob2float.N — requires a floating-point thread, no exceptions, she's picky and honestly? same

(that .N is the instance number btw, every instance gets its own lil numbered everything. iykyk 💅)

👑 PINS 👑

  • knob2float.N.counts s32 in — the counts, literally just the counts, that's the whole input, that's what she's here for
  • knob2float.N.enable bit in — when it's TRUE, the output is controlled by count. when it's FALSE, the output is just fixed and stays put like a wallflower 🙈
  • knob2float.N.scale float in — how much the output moves per single count. your multiplier. your ratio. your ✨math✨
  • knob2float.N.out float out — boom, the output value, the whole point of the operation, the main character 🔥

💜 PARAMETERS 💜

  • knob2float.N.max-out float rw (default: 1.0) — the maximum output value. if you keep cranking counts past this, they get straight up ignored. she said no thank you, we're done here 💀
  • knob2float.N.min-out float rw (default: 0.0) — the minimum output value. same energy but downward: go below this and the extra decreases get ignored, nothing to see here, we're not going lower 🌈

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

John Kasunich. legend behaviour, no cap. 🫶

⭐ LICENSE ⭐

GPL — free as in freedom bestie, go wild ✨

fr fr this one's simple and that's the beauty of it: counts in, float out, clamped between min-out and max-out, scaled by scale, enabled or not by enable. that's it. that's the whole girl. slay. 💅

— that's the whole manual, written up by LinuxCNC Documentation on 2026-03-17, ty for coming to my ted talk, mwah 🎀

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