For what it is worth, I'm happily using the later Geetech board (the one with actual fuses).
In my case, I'm using 5 volt VCC, and I had to hack the board slightly to make the hot end thermistor work correctly. I'm doing this because I use Massmind THB6064AH stepper controllers which are 5V only. Most people won't have to do this.
I am not using a heated bed yet, so I do not know about the quality of the mosfet for the heated bed. Here too, I have unusual needs (24V 300mm X 300mm bed), so will probably just use that mosfet to drive an external relay.
That said, I personally would prefer a board that kept motor power off the logic board itself, since mixing vcc/analog and high motor power is a lot of work to keep cleanly separated. That too is largely because I'd like to be able to run my steppers at 48V, though.
If anyone else needs to run 5V VCC on their RAMPS-FD, I'll post a description and picture of my hack - basically, I had to cut the aref line which went to 5V, and tie it to a 3.3v line nearby. There might be a cleaner way to do this. Looking at the board and schematic will let you figure this out, too.
In my case, I'm using 5 volt VCC, and I had to hack the board slightly to make the hot end thermistor work correctly. I'm doing this because I use Massmind THB6064AH stepper controllers which are 5V only. Most people won't have to do this.
I am not using a heated bed yet, so I do not know about the quality of the mosfet for the heated bed. Here too, I have unusual needs (24V 300mm X 300mm bed), so will probably just use that mosfet to drive an external relay.
That said, I personally would prefer a board that kept motor power off the logic board itself, since mixing vcc/analog and high motor power is a lot of work to keep cleanly separated. That too is largely because I'd like to be able to run my steppers at 48V, though.
If anyone else needs to run 5V VCC on their RAMPS-FD, I'll post a description and picture of my hack - basically, I had to cut the aref line which went to 5V, and tie it to a 3.3v line nearby. There might be a cleaner way to do this. Looking at the board and schematic will let you figure this out, too.