Hi all. Total newbie here.

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Hi all. Total newbie here. Just ordered a K40 yesterday - xmas comes early!

I saw this over at Kickstarter but don’t see much more info anywhere.

"Since most of the usable pins of the LPC chip has been broken out on the Re-ARM, you can use it for other purposes. Like a custom shield to upgrade the K40 Laser to smoothie and control it using LaserWeb by Peter van der Walt. How about a CNC shield that uses external drivers? You can create your own shields to fit your motion control needs.

K40 is a low cost(< $400) Laser engraver that can be modified to perform like more expensive machines by using Smoothieware and Laserweb. The Re-ARM plus the K40 shield allows an easy upgrade. There is an active G+ community dedicated to K40 Laser modifications that can be found (link). "

Anybody have thoughts on this new controller from kickstarter or info on where I can find a “K40 shield”?

Thanks!

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It’s an awesome new solution and you can get a shield specially designed for the K40 . it’s made by the awesome @Roy_Cortes ​

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Man the support from the community just grows and grows doesn’t it.

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Great - they just got another backer! Replacing the controller was near the top of my list and Re-ARM sure looks nice.

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Yeah, I’ve seen his progress in getting this to kickstarter, and I’ve been very impressed so far.

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Are the K40 shields available yet? I dont seem to find any information on them.

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@Benjamin_Mitchell , I asked about that in the KS comments and he said it was still in testing and should be reading in a few weeks. We’re just past that few weeks so hopefully there will be more news coming soon…