UPDATE:
William has started with some preliminary testing with all three likely contenders (Raspberry Pi 2, BeagleBone Black, Banana Pi) with his personal 3D printer (a very nice Rostock… /jealous )
I’d like to meet up at the 'Space this coming Sunday around noon to begin testing on the PolyPrinters (and hopefully engage some of y’all in helping William tweak the configurations to push each available microcomputer to it’s limit to get a solid idea of what we can expect from the devices.
Sean, each PolyPrinter has a webcam already installed (they come with the printer when we purchase them). Any power supplies, etc… that we may need, if not already available at the 'Space, can be picked up at Microcenter or Walmart.
Matt, that file looks like it’d be a good test for printer calibration. I’m not sure how much it would push the devices (memory-wise), as it seems like it’s a pretty quick print (relatively speaking). We can def try it! On that note, William has mentioned a file that has crashed other devices in the past; but, not the Banana Pi, so his file may be a good choice, too!
I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread so far! This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while (been trying to figure out for longer than I care to admit); and, I had just about resolved myself to picking up a Raspberry Pi and try the OctoPi (like I mentioned before) just days ago… The timing of this thread could not have been better! (Thanks Svejk! Now stop reading my mind! J/K… )
Tagging everyone who has responded so far, so y’all will get notification that there’s an update with all y’all in mind!
Svejk (@Svejk), Sean (@zootboy), Pearce (@PearceDunlap), Michael P (@MichaelPursifull), Mitch (@themitch22), Todd (@tmc4242), Paul (@paulstaf), Russell (@Gimli), Michael L (@mlass), Matt (@Comter), William (No tag for William… I can only tag 10 members… William has been testing all day though, so I’m sure he is keeping an eye on the thread… )
Thanks again ALL y’all!