Hardware wishlist

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  Smart carriage adapter IGUS 20x15 holes
  • Kerzal

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  Nice, these look good! I got the ones I ordered and they work great, but might go for the carbon ones if I need upgrades on my 2nd printer. Thanks for letting me know!
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  VFD spindle drive 0-10V output
  • cnc65

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  I would have a look over this thread related to GRBL - https://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5276 - as the solution provided there is really simple and very effective, plus it has some degree of protection. Considering that the VFD is working with relatively high voltages and it doesn't require much science to get smoke out of one, I would really avoid directly connecting the Duet to such a device. The same board should also have provision for motor on/off and direction control, again with some isolation solution. As the VFDs usually provide 12V supply on the connectors where various controls need to be installed, better rely on that instead of using some Duet provided power.
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  Request - support galvanometer control for SLA
  • TickTock

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  From the research I have done, it seems that 12bit DACs will not work, and you need to use 16bit DACs. Someone in the Marlin development has already started created code to drive Galvos: https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin/issues/6001 And from what I seen it is not to difficult to hook up the DACs to the Arduino, or atleast so it seems. And here is a discussion on SLA with some good info. http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?13,197775
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  CANopen, Ethernet, RS4985
  • Kulitorum

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  Any one of them, really, like EtherNet/IP (Ethernet Industrial Protocol), EtherCAT, Ethernet POWERLINK etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automation_protocols
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  More channels
  • Kulitorum

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  @timcurtis67 I think the Replicape (soon to be Revolve) documentation is pretty decent actually, but this is coming from someone who can write any code that I want myself that is not included at the launch date. It's a pity that RRF is not on more boards. I think ESP WiFi is not reliable enough either based on what I've gathered not only in this forum, but other products that utilize the ESP WiFi modules. Ethernet is king https://replicape.github.io/gettingstarted/index.html
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  Driverless version
  • Kulitorum

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  Got it! btw we have 12 channels (two more on the CONN_LCD) header.
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  Standard PC PWM fan connectors
  • BikingViking

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  We keep it up because people like you keep buying Duets, which pays for us us to spend nearly all of our time working on making them better!
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  Fans and stuff improvements…
  • DjDemonD

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  More than 12 steppers won't be in next month's announcement; but we are working on it.
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  M-Codes compatibility mode for CNC
  • Catalin_RO

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  1. Yes there are people using RRF with no heaters. Why would a program for sending CNC GCode send M105? 2. You can configure the response of RRF to M0 by providing a stop.g file. If stop.g is provided, it doesn't turn the motors off.
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  Smart effector
  • Si3

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  It will be months rather than weeks.
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  VIN/GND Header for Remote Sense
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  Large grounded lug
  • gzcwnk

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  How about using two flat CAT6 cables? One for low voltage stuff (temp sensor and Z probe) and one for heaters and fans? Mind the heater current doesn't exceed the cable rating.
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  Feature Request - Current monitoring
  • Markdnd

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  When you’re dealing with high currents “simple” is a bit of a relative term. Resistance has a nasty habit of changing as things heat up. Admittedly it goes up for cheap copper heaters so a cold measurement would suffice for a safety check. Having said that, insulation is a bit of a relative term when dealing with cheap imports. DC is, of course, right though - current measurement is definitely a nice to have and almost certainly not worth the additional cost.
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  Accelerometer for delta smart effector
  • Markdnd

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  Nice to see somebody actually did it. Thanks, Kraegar! Good to know.
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  Duet ethernet module to convert Duetwifi to non wifi version
  • vhoward

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  There isn't wiki page on getting a good WiFi connection at https://duet3d.com/wiki/WiFi_disconnections_and_AJAX_timeout_errors.
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  PanelDue USB Host
  • marekzehra

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  @dc42: The problem with that approach is that you can either mount the SD card as a removable drive, or the electronics can access files on it; but not both at the same time. Smoothieboard users sometimes get into a mess because they forget which mode it is in. Ah, I didn't noticed. It seams that I'm one of those users
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  Make "Erase" a header (use jumper to erase) instead of a switch
  • Yonkiman

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  We may change Erase to be a jumper on the next generation Duets. In the meantime, setting the Erase button further back as we do on 1.02 and later revision Duets has greatly reduced the risk of pressing it by accident.
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  Nimble extruder
  • peirof

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  Hi… Can post setup, in config.g of Nimble extruder? Thanks
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  Inconsistent track width
  • Avamander

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  @T3P3Tony: Fair enough I would be pretty surprised if anyone managed to make it fit on 2 layers. Also that would remove the ground plane which would be a bad idea. Would most likely mean just quite a "few" 0ohm resistors and a larger sized board (which isn't bad in terms of heat dissipation though).
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  More secure power terminals
  • terabyte

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  Like I said, we're looking at alternative connectors for the next generation - the current Duets don't have enough space for anything else. I already have some samples of lever-operated terminal blocks, and we are evaluating XT30 connectors too. We're also considering the same type of screw terminals that most PSUs have.