The Stealthboard printed for the first time today, and I couldn’t be happier.
The general goal was to create a fairly low cost Smoothieware powered controller that also had onboard Trinamic 2208 drivers. Three versions later, and we finally have it up and working.
Note the print below was done with a pretty much stock config file for Smoothie. I’ll be getting it looking more up to par over the next few days.
More info to come soon! The official files will also be released soon because Open Source is just that awesome:-)
@raykholo has been a tremendous help to me over the last year or so to get me where I am today. I couldn’t be more grateful for his aid. Thank you good sir
Man, I wish there were more people working on new controller boards like this. I have a dream of one day having a board that does tethered printing through USB instead of serial.
AI ( artificial intelligence ) chips will be incorporated into all kinds of printers . Electronics manufacturers such as Intel and many others will supply .
@Griffin_Paquette Woah, this is awesome! Could I ask a few questions??
-What chip is this based on? I couldn’t read it from the photo.
-Could I ask how much this might cost? I’d love to see a solid competitor to the Chinese RAMPS boards as all other nothing competes at that price point.[EDIT]: I see your previous comment!
This looks awesome! I’d be happy to support this project if you started making boards one day!
@Aaron_Spaulding the main controller is the LPC1769 from NXP that the smoothieboard runs.
The drivers themselves are Trinamic 2208’s as they have Stealthchop 2 which means significantly higher torque output in comparison to the 21XX family while being just as quiet.
The price is going to be at $99 USD as of right now. Might try to push it down a little if possible but at that price I feel it is competitive.
Thank you very much! I intend to have more info out soon as to when they are available for purchase. If you have any questions feel free to send me a hangouts message.
@Georg_Mill not currently. Stall guard is not necessarily the best for removing physical endstops because it does not offer super accurate feedback. That being said, we possibly are looking to do a 2130 version of the board with all said features.
So far I have had no issues without active cooling. Ran without heat sinks for a while at 1A and they ran warm so I recommend sinks, but it isn’t looking like you will need an active fan.
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