Well I believe that my trusty sanguinololu might have died this past week and

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Well I believe that my trusty sanguinololu might have died this past week and I’m interested in getting a new board for the new ingentis printer that I’m building. Any preferences? I was looking into smoothieboard but it is kinda pricy.

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All of the ARM boards are kinda pricey. :frowning:

I am really interested in doing a BBB+Replicape, but I’m not about to spend $225+ on an electronics package. I can get a whole 3D printer for that almost.

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As a way of future-proofing your new build the smoothie board looks like a good choice. As this field frequently demonstrates advances in tech are constant. If DC servos become practical the extra CPU grunt maybe necessary.

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If I just went with a atmel board now and controlled the board with a Raspi when I can upgrade what would you suggest? @ThantiK ​

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@William_Frick the extra CPU grunt is already necessary. Did you know that marlin basically quadruples your step output in order to achieve the high speeds we need for 16 and 32nd microstepping?

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The option with the most traction right now is certainly the smoothie board. I dislike the way the firmware is set up though. The author made the decision that “well since deltas aren’t really X/Y/Z, then lets name each axis based on the greek alphabet”.

Which makes less sense than X/Y/Z/E1/E2/E3, etc.

But the firmware itself is pretty versatile.

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I have been having some real good luck with these controllers.
http://www.reprapdiscount.com/electronics/54-rumba-board-incl-6-a4988-driver.html

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I can vote 100% Smoothieboard if you can afford it. So simple to use and tune

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I love Smoothie but run it on an Azteeg X5 which is less expensive and very reliable. You can reuse your pololus so you’re not paying twice for those.