Offline controller

[mrcaland (Clifford Land)]

just wondering. if anyone has tried an offline controller? is it possible to run the shapeoko without a pc or tablet?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

A headless Raspberry Pi approximates this well:

Carbide Motion on a Raspberry Pi

If you’ve got a Raspberry Pi 4 lying around give this a shot over the weekend: https://carbide3d.com/carbidemotion/pi This was a quick R&D project and we just got it working a few hours ago so we haven’t tested it too much yet. We don’t know if the Raspberry Pi will become a supported platform for us yet, but let us know if you find it useful. PS- Be sure you run sudo apt-get update before trying to install this package if you’re on a fresh Pi install

Just connect to the Pi using a tablet or phone to control it.

[mrcaland (Clifford Land)]

that seems like an interesting branch. i was thinking more along the lines of just plugging the existing board into an offline controller in lieu of a pc or tablet.