If I'm not too late I'd love to get in on the fun!

Thanks for the comments everyone! As for David please be as biased as you want. I had hoped you could chime in (but didn't want this to be discouraging). I had my fingers crossed there might be some other fancy functions that were PanelDue-only that might sway the direction I end up going.

In any case thanks for the input everyone Either way I'm thrilled with everything so far, both the Due and the Duet Wifi. Awesome job David!

I am strongly considering making PanelDue part of an upcoming build and I'm trying to determine if PanelDue is the right tool for the job. I love that it's from the same crew working on Duet. Aside from this connection is PanelDue superior to alternatives, like a touchscreen+pi+Octoprint?

From my limited time playing around with a PanelDue it seems to connect to the Duet and sends/receives data just like Octoprint might. But perhaps I'm missing something. Maybe PanelDue has some cool tricks up its sleeve. Maybe it can skip waiting for buffers or something else where others fall short.

Anyone have any comments in why one would opt for PanelDue specifically? Or on the flip side why one might consider an alternative?

I'll raise a hand to show interest in the CCD filament diameter sensor. For the exact reason RCarlyle speculated, namely, filastruder (who's even one of your distributors if that's not reason enough).

Hi Ian,

The triple Z axis was in preparation for the bed leveling down the road. The wise guy inside me was thinking "build it once". Until the feature was fully implemented each motor could be jogged manually. But I think I see a flaw in this game plan as power loss could possibly lead to a very uneven plane… not exactly what I want.

I suspect I will have the lead screws tied together with timing belts for the time being. If nothing else once it's leveled manually hopefully it will retain its accuracy for awhile. I have some belts on the way for this scenario but that overseas shipping is killer.

Did you gear up anything fancy to make timing adjustments on each lead screw or are you just loosening the set screws?

Cheers

@dc42 in the interim till you guys nail down the specifics for DueX5, any suggestions on how best to handle more than 1 stepper on the same axis? Even if it's just 1:1 steps for now.

As for DueX5 if there's anything I can do. Pizza. Beer. Red Bull. Just say the word.

Sign me up. I'll pre-order one right this second.

@dc42 if there's anything I can do for you to get in on this DueX5 fun just let me know. I saw your thread seeking input on desired features and it's a dreamy idea. For now I was just hoping to at least get them wired up (which the DueX5 would likely take care of nicely).

So again if there's anything at all I could do to expedite this or help out otherwise, I'm all ears!

I am interested in using 3 independent Z axis motors. When I look at the diagram ( https://duet3d.com/wiki/Duet_WiFi_wiring_diagrams ) it appears they make 1 or 2 stepper ZA/ZA+ZB configurations possible in series. Ideally I'd like to have each stepper on its own driver so it can be adjusted.

Is there an expansion board for the Duet Wifi that could give me access to this? I saw one for the previous Duet but the text on the same page said it would not be compatible with the Duet Wifi. What I'm shooting for of course is a way to level a large bed using the steppers.

G. Support for three independently-controlled Z motors
S. BLTouch
F. Support for multiple independent X carriages
B. Multi-threaded web server
H. Grid-based bed compensation