bjmorel Wrote:
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> Quick and dirty sketch of what I was thinking.
> You can then bridge the gap between the headers
> with a small bridge board, re-routing the signals
> as required. I think this would also have the
> benefit of allowing the arm processor to breath a
> little better.
Ok, I see what you mean. I can get boards made fairly cheaply if I keep within a 10cm x 10cm area. The Due is about 10cm by 5cm, so that does not leave a practical space.
There is a 3d printer cape for BeagleBone called Replicape, not sure if it has reached production yet, but I think will be quite expensive. I am planning to fit a RAMPS-FD on a UDOO board, which is more expensive than the BeagleBone Black but has a Due built in. There is also Iteaduino Plus, which is different again.
It would be good to have a universal board, perhaps there is another way to do it. I have some ideas, I will have to think on it some more. I was planning a generic extension board for up to 8 steppers, perhaps that could be connected via a suitable adapter board.
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> Quick and dirty sketch of what I was thinking.
> You can then bridge the gap between the headers
> with a small bridge board, re-routing the signals
> as required. I think this would also have the
> benefit of allowing the arm processor to breath a
> little better.
Ok, I see what you mean. I can get boards made fairly cheaply if I keep within a 10cm x 10cm area. The Due is about 10cm by 5cm, so that does not leave a practical space.
There is a 3d printer cape for BeagleBone called Replicape, not sure if it has reached production yet, but I think will be quite expensive. I am planning to fit a RAMPS-FD on a UDOO board, which is more expensive than the BeagleBone Black but has a Due built in. There is also Iteaduino Plus, which is different again.
It would be good to have a universal board, perhaps there is another way to do it. I have some ideas, I will have to think on it some more. I was planning a generic extension board for up to 8 steppers, perhaps that could be connected via a suitable adapter board.