The board uses GRBL (board
sorry, i know i am a complete noob to this
I’d skip it. One of the comments indicates that it ships with GRBL 0.9j. This means that the hardware designed for an older version of GRBL and may be cumbersome to update to a newer version. You really want something that supports at least 1.1f for laser work.
Thank you for the quick responce! do you know of a good board that supports GRBL1.1f that does not cost that much?
I don’t have any such recommendation but a web search should reveal quite a few. One thing if you can afford it I would suggest getting a 32-bit controller. The speed advantages are worthwhile and not much more expensive. Pretty much and 32-bit board will support 1.1f based firmware or higher.
MKS DLC32 is a popular board and is based on a commodity design that many manufacturers use.
Those both look like they would work. The second one is an 8-bit solution similar to the first board you listed but at least a more current revision.
This board is on my bench and I’m pretty happy with it.
Here’s the Build info:
processor is GD32F303 32 bit ARM (48 pin chip // 12 pins on each edge)
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