Has anyone else messed around with these $99 computer sticks? So far mine has been perfect for slicing and having a portal to my server
@Samer_Najia is running his printer with one of my smoothie powered boards from a stick PC like this.
Is it an X86 processor?
Can you explain what exactly it does? Very interested!!
It’s not quite a stick, but the Kangaroo PC has a very attractive price. I’ve been thinking about getting one for running OctoPrint; I’m a bit frustrated with the performance from my rpi2 (maybe I’m asking it to do too much). I’m always having voltage issues from powering a wifi dongle, my 3d printer controller, and a raspicam. Wifi performance is awful because of it. Not to mention all the wires I have to deal with.
@ThantiK yes, there are ones. Can be a bit dicey to get linux on though.
I use a raspberry pi zero with profiles extracted from cura to slice for me. So far so good.
I use a cheap microcenter house brand windows tablet. I have S3D and repetier server installed on it to control multiple printers. It’s been running strong for over a year now.
@Jason_Clark couldn’t you cool it down with an external fan assembly?
This has nothing to do with the post topic, but your DaVinci 1.0 looks about the way mine does after my little one has tried to cram everything he can find on the floor into it. Interesting hw though…
Following up on what @raykholo mentioned here’s the skinny on mine. Mine runs a little hot but it is running Windows 10 just fine and a Smoothie board just fine. I have an HDMI monitor made out of a dead LCD and a video driver board. For what I am doing it does well and works fine as a computer that is actually part of the printer. My Da Vinci is running off S3D on a regular run-of-the-mill PC. But yeah, the Da Vinci ate itself this evening.
these sticks do get a little warm. but they work great. i got mine for 79 bucks over christmas. they have came out with new ones that are supposedly better.
@Jeff_C1 Have you increased the current available to the USB ports… there is a setting in config.txt that allows you to bump the current available from 600ma to 1200ma which should solve that issue for you, as long as your power supply can handle it.
It looks like a good solution if you already have a monitor. Another cheap option is an Irulu Walknbook. It’s a Windows tablet that is about $150 on Amazon, that has a full size USB port and separate DC plug so you can host a printer and keep it plugged in. It’s like adding a touchscreen to your printer that runs Repetier or whatever else you want.
@Neal_Grieb it happens when the printer goes near 24/7 
@William_Steele I have a small usb hub connected to mine
@William_Steele I completely forgot about this option. Just turned it on, thanks!