carl_m1968 wrote:Why would you never use a Smoothie? It is a 32 bit processor first of all meaning it runs circles around any RAMPS or other 16 bit board. Virtually every setting is available through the config.txt file, even current control for the steppers. If they made one that supported dual extruders for a reasonable price I would put one on my CT'c instead of the X3 pro I am using now. I used the X5 on a delta build and it was the best and most robust board I had ever used. I suggest you try before knocking.
Sorry for bad English, I meant to say I have never used a Smoothie board, I'm big fan of MonoPrice printer and I have lots of Da Vinci printer, they don't use smoothie board, two of my delta printer don't use smoothie board. The only printer that came with Smoothie board is SD Press and it came with dead main board.
Unlike you guys, my hobbies is not 3d printing, but machine repairing. So I'm not big fan of buying the best of the best of the best, all I need is good enough. I have 20+ 3D printer right now and the number is still growing, If I put Authentic E3D hotend and fancy main board on all of them, that will be $6000+ and lots of labor.
32 bit processor indeed sound attractive, but I don't see any lagging with current ATMEGA2560, unless I figured out how to make automatic bed leveling work consistently, the extra computing power is all wasted.
(Da Vinci 1.0, Jr. 1.0 RAMPS, miniMaker) X4, (Creality CR-10S, CR-10 mini, Ender-3) X4, Anycubic MEGA X4, Anycubic Chrion X1, ADMILAB Gantry X2 (MonoPrice Maker Select V2, Plus, Ultimate)X4--Select mini X1, Anycubic photon X4, Wanhao duplicate D7 X1.
iNSTONE Inventor Pro X2, CTC Dual X2, ANET-A8, Hictop 3DP-11, Solidoodle Press, FLSUN I3 2017X1