| Voltage | 28 Volts |
J**T
Great versatile board for 3d printing and CNC
I first purchased this board in 2014 and have been using it in a large CNC router, plasma cutter, laser cutter, and 3d printer. other than not having built-in torch height control for plasma, this board is more than capable of anything you throw at it.
T**E
USB Communication has never worked
USB Comms never worked once. Doesn't work to hook it up to computer, doesn't work when hooking up to Octoprint. So many issues and absolutely no troubleshooting help on website.
C**Y
Hit or Miss, you have to know what you're doing with this board to get the full value.
Great board for 3D printers. I used this to replace an i3 Plus 3D printer board that went out on me. The only difficulties I ran into was finding a place to install the board due to the size comparison to my old motherboard it was replacing.I do have some difficulty with the web interface and I have looked into the smoothieware website however everything seems to be dated back to 2016 or older so I feel like the support and development of this board is extremely slow.I have had difficulty in connecting a full graphic LCD/digitizer and also looking into the smoothieware website and the development of the GUI for a display seems to be dated before 2016 so again I have to emphasize that the support behind this is almost obsolete. Since this is opensource hardware and firmware you either have to be experience and knowledgeable on what you'd like to accomplish or depend on random people and their untrustworthy experience and the sparse information available on smoothieware website.With that said, if you can do with a board and its finicky web UI and nearly obsolete support for this board go for it! I did notice the stepper drivers are extremely noisier than the ones I had on my old i3 Plus motherboard, even with current control enabled and tuned.
M**T
A great board if you want to spend a lot of money for something that never fully works
Never worked well with my delta printer. Some broken features like network support that never worked out of the box. The smoothieboard is a pain in the ass to power and is generally not robust - I have had to replace several on board ICs which failed from ESD or from other issues. Tonight there was a power outage while my machine was running and the smoothie won't wake back up. Instead of going on the bench again, this time it's going in the trash an I'm ordering something else.
E**M
Versatile, feature packed board with a ton of safety features.
Not sure what all these other negative reviews are about. I have v1.0a and yes, you have to do some work to set it up. There will be soldering, software configuring, etc. If you mess it up worst case scenario is a fire/death, but you are making a 3D printer/CNC/engraver and that comes with the territory.I've seen a few cheap 3D printer boards and I can tell you this one is night and day better. Separate circuits for large power draws, LCD/SD/control interface expansion options, ethernet, USB, 12 or 24V support, support for different voltages on each circuit, GREAT documentation on their website.If you didn't experience this, I suspect you didn't get an authentic board and/or this board is above your knowledge level...
S**T
DO NOT BUY FOR CNC CONTROL
bought it to run cnc mill but will not work. Maybe great for 3d print and that is all
M**.
The most versatile controller board around
I'm using it on my CNC machine. I easily added some stepper external drivers (KL-5056) and stepper motors (KL23H2100-50-4BM) all on 60"x40" bed. I have a very rigid and heavy ganrty (80mm spindle, 1/2" plates everywhere, 60mmx90mm extrusions, 20mm ball screws etc) and it runs smooth. I'm in the process of adding 4th axis
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