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Should be feasible, I'm in the design, please look forward to, thank you！
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My £0.013 (two cents USD) is that to keep the cost down for use as a 32-bit board for the masses, it needs on-board, ribbon cable header-compatible support for the two common LCD drivers from the...
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Another suggestion to make an improvement on the current status quo. I don't know how much a couple thermocouple interface chips cost, but having them on-board might drive the adoption of that...
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With knowing zero about if such suggestions are reasonable or possible with the number of IO pins and such... Quotedc42 * Two Z motor connectors to make it easy to connect two motors in series....
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Thanks to all for your comments. Quotedougal1957 I think you could be on to a winner with this idea especially if you can get the price break to be similar to that of a Mega + Ramps combo and that...
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What would be the price difference between two hotends vs a single hotend? If the idea is to keep the costs low, I am not sure that a lot of individuals looking to be "cheap" are planning to use more...
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QuoteKurzaa What would be the price difference between two hotends vs a single hotend? Very little, given that the stepper motor drive is a plug-in board. Dual-extruder printing is becoming very...
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What is going to be my best bet for a quick and easy controler? Just burned out the Melzi. Should i go Arduino Mega 2560? I have a Ramps 1.4 here and a lcd for it. Really im just looking to get the i3...
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Thanks for all your Help it was the LCD screen Faulty. If i pressed on the back i worked ok lol
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Hi, to connect the Megatronics 3 board [reprap.org] with a full graphic display [reprap.org] i do need to use a conector like this [www.kitprinter3d.com], or i can simply connect the wires to the...
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Nice! Like @Kurzaa I think you're already pretty high on the feature list for a low end board. Not much more and you can simply copy the Duet. A few words about what I observed about people's...
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QuoteTraumflug Like @Kurzaa I think you're already pretty high on the feature list for a low end board. Not much more and you can simply copy the Duet. Tramflug, thanks for your comments. The only...
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Quotedc42 I'm in favour of using open source tools as long as they are up to the job, so I started doing a board layout for this in KiCad. But I quickly found that none of the major SMD components or...
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Thanks Doug, it hadn't occurred to me to look for an Eagle to KiCad convertor before I wrote that post. Seriously, lack of component libraries is the bane of my life whenever I do electronic circuit...
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a none grounded TC is simply just a low cost opamp and a couple of resistors - - - to get the gain a grounded TC is much faster and better, Simply braze to the hot end. this takes only a couple more...
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I am an electronics engineer and do my own board layouts with Altium - - - a bit more than an open source or free tools. but the cost is worth it for the power and performance and the libraries - - -...
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QuoteJamesP166I am an electronics engineer and do my own board layouts with Altium - - - a bit more than an open source or free tools. but the cost is worth it for the power and performance and the...
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Hi, This is a great project for the RepRap community and I hope it reaches the "working" status in 2015 while at the same time achieving all its objectives, in particular the low-cost aspect which I...
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Can you add another stepper stepper driver socket to make it 6 in total for tri-colour printing and an extra thermistor input for heated chamber measurement? How much will the extras add to the cost?
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Thanks for the additional comments. Regarding Ethernet support and a web interface, the Duet electronics and firmware provides an excellent web interface at the same time as running the printer, all...
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