I just purchased a BN 5X Smoothieboard from a gentleman on ebay, Paid $150 which is about what Uberclock is charging if they had any.
The auction started at $100, but I couldn’t see getting in a battle where it could easily go past that, given the circumstances. Didn’t really want to spend the money, got a ton of cash out on my milling machine upgrade, but I had to do it while I could.
There’s another one (also 5X) on there that’s been opened, but the seller says he just bought it and never got around to using it. Bidding starts at $89 if anybody is interested.
Also +Peter van der Walt and I are working on various boards that run smoothie (like his Smoothiebrainz and my ‘ReMix’ derivative of it with 6 stepper drivers and plenty other features on board, at approximately the same price point you are talking about.
There are some pics on my g+ of the board layout in eagle and I want to post another update on it sooner rather than later.
The drivers are stepstick sockets so you can pop in the A4988 or DRV8825 modules per your preference.
4 standard mosfets for 3 hotends + fan and 1 huge mosfet for powerful heated beds. Or use them for general IO, which is needed for all the actuators on a pick n place.
ESP8266 for wifi control (experimental, but Peter has this working), microSD slot, USB, and currently grappling with getting an ethernet jack on board. So in short, everything a smoothie 5X has - 6 socketed drivers instead of 5, but only 5 mosfets in total, + wifi, and in a smaller footprint (Cramming as much as I can into a 100x100mm board size).
I’m still in the design phase. A lot of the layout is done and some of the routing,
but it’ll be some weeks before the first batch is done. I am looking for testers, so if you’re interested please contact me (hangouts works best).
Wow, Nice work. Hard to believe you’ll be able to sell them that cheap.
I like the plug in driver option, the 8825 is a nice 2.5a driver for 2 bucks. For the laser and 3d printer folks, it’s probably all they’ll need.
I’m surprised nobody has developed a compatible plug in remote in that goes to 4 or 5a.
I’m not google versed, but I’ll drop you a line on your section, I would be definitely interested in doing beta testing. I’ve got history in the field.
@Scott_Marshall I sent you a message on hangouts to discuss further. Anyone else is welcome to message me through my G+ profile or email raykholo (at) gmail (dot) com.
@Dennis_Fuente probably looking at a few weeks before I get the first boards in. And assuming there’s no major issues with them, they’re going out to people interested in testing and aren’t afraid to get their hands a bit dirty. Price point is going to be in the $150 - $200 range. I think $179 for the board is quite fair, + $15 for a set of stepper drivers, and ~$5 domestic shipping in the USA.
If you’re interesting in being one of the first testers, let me know and I can add you to the list.