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    • Kulitorumundefined
      Kulitorum
      last edited by

      Please support up to 15 or 20 channels on the new hardware - I build custom printers and I am running out of stepper controllers.

      It's fine if the 6-15 channels are step-direction only, without any drivers.

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      • dc42undefined
        dc42 administrators
        last edited by

        More channels will be available in the next generation of Duets.

        Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
        Please do not ask me for Duet support via PM or email, use the forum
        http://www.escher3d.com, https://miscsolutions.wordpress.com

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        • Kulitorumundefined
          Kulitorum
          last edited by

          In a way that I can access step/dir/enable signals?

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          • dc42undefined
            dc42 administrators
            last edited by

            Yes, that will be an option.

            Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
            Please do not ask me for Duet support via PM or email, use the forum
            http://www.escher3d.com, https://miscsolutions.wordpress.com

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            • Kulitorumundefined
              Kulitorum
              last edited by

              Sounds good!
              Sign me up for beta testing, please 🙂

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              • klcjr89undefined
                klcjr89
                last edited by klcjr89

                Does the Duet Maestro qualifiy as 'next generation' of Duets? The Revolve has me interested but I am not brand loyal and have been in all the camps. Marlin (yuck), Smoothieware, Repetier, Klipper.

                The thing I like about the Revolve is it allows you to get rid of an external Raspberry Pi which people (and me) use for 1080p live streaming of the printer with, for example, a Logitech C920 USB webcam, as the IP camera solution isn't really great at all.

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                • dc42undefined
                  dc42 administrators
                  last edited by

                  The Maestro is an extension to the current generation, not the next generation.

                  Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
                  Please do not ask me for Duet support via PM or email, use the forum
                  http://www.escher3d.com, https://miscsolutions.wordpress.com

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                  • klcjr89undefined
                    klcjr89 @dc42
                    last edited by

                    @dc42 Do you know a timeframe when the next generation will be available? And if you can confirm it will act as a USB host device?

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                    • T3P3Tonyundefined
                      T3P3Tony administrators @klcjr89
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                      @klcjr89 We are still confirming all the hardware specifications. Host device support it not confirmed but its acknowledged that it is desirable.

                      Timeframe is not firm enough yet to comment.

                      www.duet3d.com

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                      • timcurtis67undefined
                        timcurtis67 @klcjr89
                        last edited by

                        @klcjr89 said in More channels:

                        Does the Duet Maestro qualifiy as 'next generation' of Duets? The Revolve has me interested but I am not brand loyal and have been in all the camps. Marlin (yuck), Smoothieware, Repetier, Klipper.

                        The thing I like about the Revolve is it allows you to get rid of an external Raspberry Pi which people (and me) use for 1080p live streaming of the printer with, for example, a Logitech C920 USB webcam, as the IP camera solution isn't really great at all.

                        My only comment here is based on the Replicape board I have on my smaller printer. The board itself works okay, Not great just okay. The documentation and the firmware are just not very good at all. They are making a new Revolve board and still haven't gotten the firmware right yet for even the Repilcapes. Buyer beware, make sure you are very good in hacking firmware if you want to take on one of those boards. Not all the features will work yet. Updates are slow and far between.

                        I've been waiting for 3 years for some good updates that only take days or weeks for the Duet boards.....

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                        • klcjr89undefined
                          klcjr89 @timcurtis67
                          last edited by klcjr89

                          @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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