@deckingman No, I don't need to run 12 motors, from that standpoint the Duet 2 + Duex 5 would be fine. However, I like the idea of running the interface on a raspberry Pi. I'm a software developer, but don't have much experience with embedded programming. Being able to run the interface on a full Linux system means I can more easily create my own or modify the existing one. It also means that whatever functionality I add won't affect the critical real-time functions of the firmware running the printer.

@dc42 said in Duet 3 Mainboard 6HC - initial production run.:

Going forwards, we will probably offer a Duet 2 variant that supports the RPi instead of built-in networking. In its simplest form, this would be a Duet Ethernet without the Ethernet daughter board.

I assume from your wording that this support will require a hardware change on the Duet 2? So if I buy one now it will not be able to take advantage of this later?

@deckingman No, I don't need to run 12 motors, from that standpoint the Duet 2 + Duex 5 would be fine. However, I like the idea of running the interface on a raspberry Pi. I'm a software developer, but don't have much experience with embedded programming. Being able to run the interface on a full Linux system means I can more easily create my own or modify the existing one. It also means that whatever functionality I add won't affect the critical real-time functions of the firmware running the printer.

Looks like was about a month too late on this. Looked last night and already out of stock.
Any ideas on timeline for the full release?
I'm working on my own printer design, but I'm not nearly ready for electronics yet, so I may wait to get a duet 3 instead of a duet 2 + Duex5 if it won't be too long.