Comparison of Electronics

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At the date of this edit ( May 2012 ), the IRC channel recommends RAMPS as feature-rich, Sanguinololu as "just works" and Gen7 for the do-it-yourselfer. You can always go there and ask for additional advice, of course.

Board License Latest
Version
Extruders Fans Heaters Endstops Temp sens SPI I2C RS485 ISP CPU CPU Speed ( Mhz ) Stepper driver Other features
RAMPS GPL v1.4 1-2 3 (maximum, shared w/ Heaters) 3 (maximum, shared with Fans) 6 3 Yes, future Yes, future No (via Arduino: Yes) No (via Arduino: Yes) Arduino Mega 8 bits ATmega1280, ATmega2560 16 A4988, Pololu boards
Sanguinololu GPL v1.3a 1 3 2 3 2 - 1 - 1 8 bits ATmega644P (or ATMEGA1284) 16 A4988, Pololu boards
STB_Electronics GPL v1.1 1 1 2 3 2 - - - 1 8 bits ATmega1284P 20 A4988, Pololu boards Built in SD-Card, 128x64 graphic LCD, clickwheel, USB
easy electronics GPL v2.0 2 2 3 3 3 - - - 1 8 bits ATmega1284P 20 A4988, Pololu boards micro SD-Card, 128x64 graphic LCD, clickwheel, USB
Marlin Electronics GPL V0.1 3 2 4 3 4 1 1 0 USBstick / SD-card / FTP 32 bit ARM + FPU (STM32F4) 168 TMC260 micro SD-card, Ethernet, USB host + device, Diagnostics, TFT display + capacitive touchscreen.
Melzi GPL v2.0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 8 bits ATmega1284P 16 A4982
Megatronics GPLv2 v1.0 1-2 1 2 6 4 Yes Yes No Yes 8 bits ATmega1280 16 A4988, Pololu boards
Printrboard CC ShareAlike 3.0 v0.7 1 1 2 4 2 1 1  ? USB 8 bits AT90USB1286 16 A4982
Teensylu GPL v0.7 1 1 2 4 2 1 1  ? USB 8 bits AT90USB1287 20 Pololu boards
Ultimaker Electronics GPL v1.5.4 1-2 3 3 6 3 - - - - Arduino Mega 8 bits ATmega1280 16 A4988, Pololu boards
Generation 6 Electronics GPL v1.0 1 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 8 bits ATmega644P 16 DRV8811
Generation 7 Electronics See page v1.5 1 0 2 3 2 - - - 1 8 bits ATmega644(P), 1284P 20 A4988, Pololu boards
4pi from Kliment[1][2] GPL beta 1-2 2 3 6 4 1 1  ?  ? 32 bit ARM ( SAM3U ) 96 A4982
SmoothieBoard GPL 1 1+ 2+ 2+ 6 4 1 1  ?  ? 32 bit ARM ( LPC1769 ) 120 A4982 MicroSD card, file-based config, digital current control, USB composite ( serial + mass storage ), Ethernet, multiple connector options, support for multiple arm solutions ( delta/hbot ) and tools ( extruders, lasers )
Azteeg X1 CC ShareAlike 3.0 v1.5 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 - 1 ATmega1284P(644P on v1.0) 16 A4988, Pololu boards
Azteeg X3 CC ShareAlike 3.0 v1.0 2 4 3 6 3 1 1 - 1 ATmega1280/2560 16 A4988, Pololu boards
R2C2 electronics CC Non Commercial v1.2 1 1 2 3 2 2 1  ? USB 32 bits ARM ( LPC175x ) 100 A4988
Pololu Electronics GPL  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? Arduino Mega 8 bits ATmega1280 16 A4988, Pololu boards
Generation 3 Electronics/Tech Zone Remix‎ GPL  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 8 bits ATMEGA644P 16 A3982
Monotronics GPL  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 8 bits Atmega644P 16  ?
Phoenix CERN Open hardware license  ? 3 2  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 8 bits Atmega644P 16 TB6560
Brainwave GPL 1.0 1 1 1 3 2 - - -  ? 8 bits AT90USB646 16 LV8713T
RAMBo CC ShareAlike 3.0 1.1b 2 2 2 6 4 1 1 0 USB Atmega2560, Atmega32u2 16 A4982 all-in-one RAMPS board, marlin FW, digipot, extra ports

see http://reprap.org/wiki/Rambo

RUMBA GPL 1.0 3 2 3 6 4  ? 1 0 USB & ISP Headers for both microcontroller 8 bits Atmega2560, Atmega16u2 16 A4988, DRV8825 Pololu boards all-in-one RAMPS board, marlin FW, sprinter, repetier, JTAG Breakout
Duet CERN OHL 0.6 5 with Duex4  ? 6 with Duex4 3 6 with Duex4  ?  ?  ? JTAG 32-bit ARM SAM3X8E microprocessor, same as Arduino Due. 84MHz Allegro A4982 Ethernet, USB, SD card
Board License Latest
Version
Extruders Fans Heaters Endstops Temp sense SPI I2C RS485 ISP CPU CPU Speed ( Mhz ) Stepper driver Other features

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