07-14-2017, 10:11 AM
(07-14-2017, 09:07 AM)Mayhem Wrote: Yep - I'm going to run Octopi on it and use that to drive my Creality CR-10 3D printer. I'd been interested in getting one for a while and for some of the things that I want to print (because I can sell them) I needed a bit more z than most of the other 'affordable' printers out there. Hopefully that will turn up next week.
A Pi can do a lot. It's just not realtime like an arduino. A lot of folks using a Pi for a 3D printer are using the Pi to drive an arduino that will actually run the steppers and handle the gcode.
Here's my Pi:
It sits next to my mill and I use it when I need to make any kind of calculations the Google Home isn't set up to do, like that cutting speed app you posted recently. The screen's about 13" color.
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