BBB with BeBoPr

[bubbasnow]

so ive been looking at some other control boards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdMcdjUPyes

i got this email from the creator

Hi Tylor,

There is no US stock yet, so the boards will ship from Europe. Since shipping single boards is relatively expensive, I recommend combining orders whenever possible. Up to 6 boards can ship in one box.

Total price for 1 board is EUR 114.41 = EUR 84.00 (1 board) + EUR 25.60 (shipment) + EUR 4.81 (PayPal).
Total price for 2 boards is EUR 186.21 = EUR 153.00 (2 boards) + EUR 25.60 (shipment) + EUR 7.61 (PayPal).
Total price for 3 boards is EUR 258.01 = EUR 222.00 (3 boards) + EUR 25.60 (shipment) + EUR 10.41 (PayPal).
Total price for 4 boards is EUR 329.81 = EUR 291.00 (4 boards) + EUR 25.60 (shipment) + EUR 13.21 (PayPal).
Total price for 5 boards is EUR 401.61 = EUR 360.00 (5 boards) + EUR 25.60 (shipment) + EUR 16.01 (PayPal).

Optionally I can include the power connectors, a set with all the Molex I/O connectors, or both (see the manual for details):

Additional price for 1 set of power connectors is EUR 3.12 = EUR 3.00 (connectors) + EUR 0.12 (PayPal).
Additional price for 1 set Molex connectors is EUR 5.20 = EUR 5.00 (connectors) + EUR 0.40 (PayPal).

Note: You might get a better price on the power connectors when buying locally and in quantity. But make sure to buy the heavy-duty part specified in the manual so it can handle the high currents that may be used.

The BeBoPr++s are in stock and ship within 1-2 days. Transit times to the US currently varies from 4 and 8 working days, mostly due to customs processing.

If you send me a mail with your PayPal email address and the configuration you want, I'll send you a PayPal money request for the total amount. Please note that I only ship to registered users with a verified address.

New: You can also pay with Bitcoin via bitpay.com, the payment charge is only 1% instead of the 4% for PayPal (so total prices will be lower).
If you're interested let me know and I'll show you how it works.

Thanks,
-- Bas

does anyone have any experience with linuxCnC with machine kit?

[Cosmic]

I have seen this video a few weeks ago and think LinuxCNC is the way to go. It's sure going into my next Rostock.
That's a nice cape for the BBB here is another great board http://www.thing-printer.com/product/replicape/.
I would have played around with LinuxCNC but for a long time you couldn't get a BBB. It was sold out everywhere.
Just since a week or two they are available again in limited quantities.

[geneb]

You might want to remind him that increasing the price to cover the PayPal fee like that is expressly forbidden by the PayPal TOS...

g.

[bdjohns1]

You might want to remind him that increasing the price to cover the PayPal fee like that is expressly forbidden by the PayPal TOS...

Which is really a question of semantics. It's the same deal with credit cards. You can't have a credit card surcharge, but you can offer a discount for other payment methods (cash typically). So, if you bring that up, you'll find the base price magically go up, with a 3% discount for paying via Bitcoin.

[bvandiepenbos]

I have a small amount of Linux CNC (EMC2) experience. A few years ago I converted a old CNC engraving machine to run with EMC2. Very powerful, but a bear to configure. I have not used it for 3D printing, but am very interested in trying it or a smoothie board on one of my machines.
Oh, I did run my first H-1 Printer from SeeMe with the Mach3 CNC control program. But that was with Olys generous help.

Hmmm, I can not decide if I want to try the Smoothie or BBB+Cape
I almost pulled the trigger on a smoothie this weekend, but for some reason the web site was not functioning correctly.

maybe we should take a poll on this forum to see where the most interest/experience is for a more powerful board?
It would be nice to have more of us working on the same thing.
I firmly believe our delta printers potential is being limited by the Ardunio based boards.
Pretty amazing what they can do already.

[Eaglezsoar]

I have a small amount of Linux CNC (EMC2) experience. A few years ago I converted a old CNC engraving machine to run with EMC2. Very powerful, but a bear to configure. I have not used it for 3D printing, but am very interested in trying it or a smoothie board on one of my machines.
Oh, I did run my first H-1 Printer from SeeMe with the Mach3 CNC control program. But that was with Olys generous help.

Hmmm, I can not decide if I want to try the Smoothie or BBB+Cape
I almost pulled the trigger on a smoothie this weekend, but for some reason the web site was not functioning correctly.

maybe we should take a poll on this forum to see where the most interest/experience is for a more powerful board?
It would be nice to have more of us working on the same thing.
I firmly believe our delta printers potential is being limited by the Ardunio based boards.
Pretty amazing what they can do already.

Brian, I agree that we need a poll to see where the user interest is, the Smoothie or the Beaglebone Black. Do you want to do the Poll, or do you
want me to do it?

[bvandiepenbos]

Eagle,
that would be great if you would do a poll.
thanks

[bubbasnow]

i got 2 (one back up) heading my way.

[bubbasnow]

look what showed up today!!

[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-X-Yt ... 174129.jpg[/img]

[img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7uIV ... 174031.jpg[/img]

[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yomf ... 174154.jpg[/img]

aint she cute?

[Eaglezsoar]

Sure is cute and I am jealous.

[bubbasnow]

Got linuxCNC running and motors spinning with a machinekit image. now i just need to get lineardelta kinematics up and going as well as the rest of my hardware in.

Moving forward!!

[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xsLW ... 182124.jpg[/img]