I am just getting started using the Duet3D products. I have a 6HC Mainboard (rev 1.0 firmware) a raspberry Pi (ver 3.x) and the included 3dDuet rectangular touchscreen.

While I’m familiar with 3D printers (I use a Prusa) we will be using the 6HC as a simple multichannel stepper motor controller for a non-printer application. Currently I have the board setup with a raspberry Pi wired to the 6HC using thru the SPI interface & Gcode.

Going forward I would like to develop a higher level interface that doesn’t require the user to enter Gcode commands directly to move a stepper motor. We have discussed using Python and as I work on understanding the features of this PCB, I was wondering can the firmware be setup to accommodate function calls to configure and move the stepper motor without Gcode.

Thanks in advance, I look forward to working with this group

-Joe