BigTreeTech/Biqu Rodent, a FluidNC CNC Controller board

https://www.reddit.com/r/BIGTREETECH/comments/1ges1wi/uncovering_the_rodentthe_latest_controller_board/

Only 4 drivers but they are capable of 4.3A!!!

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Almost neat. Asked them to fix, with shameless plug…

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I am interested to see the price, I know what they told me a Jackpot would cost…

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I wouldn’t be surprised if it only had 3 endstops too.

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Spill the :beans:. We have the :tea: ready. Gossip time… :stuck_out_tongue:

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Nah, nothing crazy, they wanted way too much and a huge quantity for a minimum order. So far elecrow has been pretty good, so no big loss, I just thought it would have been cool to work with them as partners not just a distributor.

If we get a jackpot V2, maybe we can try again now that it is proven.

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Looks like it’s available. $56

I wonder if Bart/Mitch were aware/prepared for a potential influx of users of this new board, and the support that will come along with it??

Or if BTT is kicking anything back to them?

I was just about to ask that on Discord.

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Nope, they’re not supporting FluidNC.

Seeing what they go through with supporting things without compensation, I have zero interest in this.

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I used the BTT Pico that had 4 drivers but 2 mirrored ones for z and made it work with not to much hassle.

Left a comment on reddit, but there’s probably better ways to share ideas that actualize better outcomes? https://www.reddit.com/r/BIGTREETECH/comments/1gkvwxs/comment/lvzqkq6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button :

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To be fair, if they haven’t sold any yet, maybe they haven’t made any donations yet. I am not sure if they are on the marlin supporters list or not but that would be a good indicator if they will be or not I assume.

There is a Biqu logo listed as a Marlin sponsor in github currently, not sure if it is them or not, but that is also only one of 4-5 ways to support marlin monetarily.

That has me thinking I sponsor Marlin through Patreon, if people are trying to check up on me it can not be seen. I never cared about it before but this makes me think I should move my donations to github so at least there is some sort of proof. Odd that I do not show up as a past sponsor though, as I am sure I was.

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Well, this is encouraging. It sounds like Ratrig was involved with the development of the board.

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