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Ramps 1.4 and Auduino are a reprap staple but there are other boards like the RAMBo, Rumba etc but I have heard mixed reviews so not sure if I should stick with the tried and tested ramps? that being said Smoothieboard does look like a pretty good board also so a hard choice indeed.
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I have seen several people comment that Arduino Mega barely has the power to do the delta calculations, especially if you are trying to drive an LCD. So I suggest you go for one of the 32-bit controllers.Next month you will have another 32-bit board to choose from, because I am adding Delta support to the firmware for the Duet electronics.
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As much as I think the Duet is a nice piece of kit, buying one on the promises of features that do not exist today is a risk. Smoothieboard is 32-bit, has mature delta support including auto-calibration, includes a built-in web server, has software-adjustable stepper driver currents, and supports 5 steppers on the board natively. The pitfalls are that the native LCD support has been dragging on longer than the Duet hasn't had delta support (although it does support 12864 GLCD's in firmware and on the Azteeg X5 Mini if you wire it up), that it uses A4982 stepper drivers, and only does 1/16 microstepping. I do not have the Smoothieboard hardware to comment on it, but have Smoothieware running on an Azteeg X5 Mini with a 12864 GLCD and have no real complaints about the package.
No offense intended and I truly hope that you can get the delta support implemented on the Duet, but I think that anyone considering this platform today (12/2014) needs to know that the delta support is either vaporware or not mature at this point. OTOH, the delta support in Smoothieware has been well-debugged, and the creator of the Wolfstock delta printer was actively involved in the development.....
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Looks good.
I have a similar effector setup, using 12mm carbon fiber rods and high temp neodymium magnets because of a heated build chamber.
I recommend getting the strongest magnets you can to start with, or under high accelerations they can disconnect.
Having a very light effector will help with that.
I plan on lightening mine up, and doubling the magnets in the rods (this is done by putting them in series the way they want to go together), and upgrading to a Smoothie.
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