![]() ![]() LaserBoard has 4 embedded Trinamic Drivers that provide quiet and clean motion for the XY head AND a Z table AND a rotary attachment directly. It has the same size, mounting hole pattern, and connectors of the M2Nano board in a lot of the K40-style lasers, but it can also run many other Laser Cutters and even CNC Machines. The all-new Cohesion3D LaserBoard can be dropped into the K40 Laser Cutter provide an immediate performance upgrade. You’ll end up wasting at least that much in time and materials with the other options.Liberate your Laser Cutter to use better software, variable power for full grayscale engraving, and Z Table/ Rotary capability. Even if it’s not, it will be straightforward to convert whatever it does have over to the Laserboard. I’m not sure what the full spectrum laser you are interested in has in it, but if it’s an M2nano, it will be very easy to integrate with the Laserboard. Perhaps the best feature, though, is it’s a drop-in replacement for the M2nano and Moshiboard found in many of the cheaper K40 lasers. The stepper drivers are upgraded to Trinamic TMC2224 units, which are (in my opinion) superior to the A5984s on the Smoothieboard. Ground isolation, protected inputs/outputs, FET switches - really, everything was thought of to make it as compatible as possible with as many machines as possible. ![]() But, it doesn’t have many of the same protections against the hostile electrical environment inside a cheap CO2 laser. The Smoothieboard (and the MKS/SKR, for that matter) was designed largely for 3d printers and CNC routers, with laser support tacked on because it was “easy” to support in software. It has protections and conveniences that you won’t find on a stock Smoothieboard. The Laserboard has some custom features and optimizations intended purely for laser use, taking Ray’s years of experience with these machines into account. He stands behind his product and takes the time to assist folks with problems - personally - here on the forum. The Laserboard is also based on the Smoothieboard, but unlike the Chinese companies, Ray gives credit where credit is due and contributes back upstream. The SKR and MKS are cheap, poorly-implemented, mostly-unsupported rip-offs of the Smoothieboard, and don’t have the same more powerful hardware that the Laserboard offers. ![]()
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