Thanks. That helps a lot. I have the makerbot electronics set, perhaps I'll go for the Gen6 hardware to have a more elegant all in one solution. Before I buy it though, can you help with a few more questions:
1. I'm using a different heater design to heat up the plastic. I'm not sure how the extruder function works on these boards....there is a thermocoupler that goes back to the board, then the board turns on or off the heating element..... The way my system is designed now, I have an external PID temp controller that activates a solid state relay, which turns on/off the heater. Can the output from this board switch my relay on or off? the signal for the solid state relay is 3 to 30V DC....
2. If it cannot control the relay, can I skip this function and only use the stepper motor function to extrude the filament? I mean can I use my PID controller instead of the integrated controller?
Thanks.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/2011 03:37AM by HereinCS.