in the price range that hobby level 3D printers exist steppers are more precise than servos.
Yes that's exactly what I'm saying...it's the cost that's in the way of the switch, not that steppers are the best solution. They're only the best solution within the price constraints we have as hobbyists.
But that just highlights the statement/question in my OP, it's just cost prohibitive to use servos as a hobbyist. You will as a hobbyist get a better system with (proper) servos, but not for a reasonable price point.
That's actually exactly my point, steppers are objectively inferior to servos when it comes to dynamic positioning (which is what 3D printing is), but servos are too expensive compared to performance gains for hobbyists.
You'd be surprised how often critical tools don't have backups.
More than once I've been to sites where the software needed to service a critical piece of equipment only existed on a single 15+ year old banged up laptop, or a 40+ year old PLC handling a critical part of a production line couldn't be turned off because there was a risk that it wouldn't be able to turn back on, and it was EOL'ed over a decade ago but they still hadn't ported the program to a newer platform.
I have a really hard time getting good local/region specific results for products, I mostly get US or UK results which are utterly useless to me since I'm not located either places. I've tried all sorts of shenanigans to limit the search to my area/country but it's not really effective.
Yeah i figured that out shortly after posting, they had been enabled by a FW update. Honestly the SW endstops should be closer to the edge of the physical limit of the axes and not just the edge of the bed, but since it's a FW config done by anycubic I don't have control of those parameters.
Its an issue since my custom g-code to wipe the nozzle before a print (which has worked just fine BTW) now tries to wipe the nozzle on the bed area, but the Z-setpoint is 1mm below bed surface (the Z-position of the wiping-pad at the back), so it kind of destroys both nozzle and bed.
It's running a version of marlin 2.xx, but it's a build made by anycubic themselves, so I'm not sure about the specific version it's based on or the detailed config.
The menu controls on the screen are snappy and load as quickly as you'd expect from a regular phone/tablet. Miles ahead of all other manufacturer's which indeed always seems to be slow as hell.
Web browser and Netflix/Disney+ are still fucking ridiculously slow on the "older" though. It's been significantly improved with the new hardware in the model s/x and 3 highland refresh, but still not good enough IMO.
It’s great for Tesla, for one reason - modularity.
Not really as far as the touch controls on the steering wheel goes. The icons are static and can't be changed, so their functionality is kind of tied to the icon.
As for configuring additional controls for them, it's exactly the same as if they were physical buttons, it's all a wiring harness going to the computer either way, what that computer does with the input signal is not any less configurable for a physical button. The limiting factor is the static icon, not whether it's touch/tactile.
In regards to selling incomplete products, this is unfortunately not even limited to Tesla. All car manufacturers release several updates and bugfixes for new cars, they just can't send them OTA, they need to get them in the shop. My colleague's VW ID4 has been in the shop for no less than 3 SW updates to fix various bugs and add basic features such as battery preheating for DC charging, it fucking shipped without that!
DreadPotato @ DreadPotato @sopuli.xyz Posts 19Comments 482Joined 2 yr. ago
Yes that's exactly what I'm saying...it's the cost that's in the way of the switch, not that steppers are the best solution. They're only the best solution within the price constraints we have as hobbyists.