SBC - How to replace the Raspberry pi with e.g. an intel Nuc?
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I read here that you "may support some other [computer] models in the future" and wonder how fare this is and if someone tried out e.g. an intel Nuc instead of a Raspberry Pi?
I assume this requires some USB to SPI breakout adapter.
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@qurt You can try other ARM-based SBCs (NVIDIA Jetson for example) but you need a device that has GPIO/SPI support and a relatively up-to-date Linux kernel. Unfortunately, a NUC won't work because it does not provide SPI and I doubt that using a USB to SPI breakout adapter would suffice because it'd be too slow, I think.
It doesn't need to be a 40pin header but you need some kind of header that provides 3.3V, GND, SPI, and a GPIO pin.
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@qurt You could use the HTTP requests API and talk to the Duet Board via LAN. https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/wiki/HTTP-requests
