High-end control boards: worth it? April 27, 2015 06:43AM |
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I don't know about the other boards, but the ability to print over bluetooth is a great advantage for me on RAMPS.
Re: High-end control boards: worth it? May 08, 2015 03:53PM |
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The stronger Nema 23's often go above 2A (3A common for 425 oz-in), and something like a geckodrive g540 (almost a gold-standard for CNC mills) provides 3.5A without an additional breakout board, making the Smoothieboard unnecessary. It also can't function as a variable frequency driver, so it's basically an unnecessary link. Plus some possible safety concerns (e.g. [smoothieware.org]) when used with heavier CNC machines
All in all, seems like a turtle/rabbit hybrid that's not quite as fast as a rabbit and not as sturdy as a turtle. Probably good on a high-end 3d printer or a generously built custom printer, but I can't think of another place I'd put it.
Re: High-end control boards: worth it? May 12, 2015 08:42AM |
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I don't know about the other boards, but the ability to print over bluetooth is a great advantage for me on RAMPS.
That's not specific to the RAMPS, you can essentially do that with any board.
Somebody documented one of the adapters here : [smoothieware.org] for use with Smoothie.
But there are also adapters that will just be plug and play.
All you need is a board with the serial port broken out, and most boards have that.
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