SO3: Can a SparkFun maker use Carbide Motion?

Software Carbide Motion
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…and if so, how many thousands of dollars will it cost me?

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AIUI, the current plan is for there to be a version of CM which will support the Stepoko boards. Until that happens you’ll have to use bCNC or UGS or something else:

http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Communication_/_Control

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understood – SO MANY other options out there yet to be tried, and i’ve even started learning how to write in g-code itself.

thank you for this information!