Looking to make a laser cutter. Got most of the mechanical design sorted.

Looking to make a laser cutter.
Got most of the mechanical design sorted. I just want to work out the electronics.
I was thinking GRBL on an Arduino, but could GCodePrintr send the Gcode to a GRBL system?
Sorry for the total naïvete, I don’t really know what’s out there now.

It should work fine. But I did not test with GRBL.
Let me know if you find a problem

Thanks again Mathias.

I’m looking to do this with my A13 Allwinner 7" Cheap and nasty Android Tablet.

It’s cheap, nasty, obsolete, got a 5V charging jack and a USB OTG.

As it’s languishing in a drawer and not been used in over a year and run’s your GCodePrintr software well, I thought it would be better as a head unit for a printer or CNC.

My main printer uses Melzi SD Card so doesn’t need the head unit, but if I use a small board, then this should give me a top notch 1W Laser engraver.

Thanks,

-Andy