Author Archives: Chris Cecil

There are a few new exciting products which we have added to the site this month as well as some older ones which are back in stock. Let’s start with the most exciting to me. Smoothieboard V2 Core, Proto 1 … Continued

(AKA Expanding a Manncorp/Autotronik MC384V2 to use Siemens Siplace feeders.) Years back we ended up with a Manncorp MC384V2 along with a few other Manncorp branded items such as ovens and paste stencil. Lucky for us these mostly came with … Continued

Finally after a long battle…the long awaited sequel to the Smoothieboard is now in stock and available for retail sale.

Please pay careful attention to these warnings as they greatly affect the performance and safety of your device. These are not complete instructions but are device-specific warnings to make note of when operating your Smoothieboard v2. Handling Power Inputs Probe … Continued

Exciting times. Boards are beginning to go out. People should start getting boards any time now and this will progress and speed up in the next coming weeks. We began fulfillment with just the V2 prime and early bird prime … Continued

Sometimes, when attempting to produce items you forget little things while focused on the bigger things. Like bagging connectors for instance. This is one of those time consuming things that anyone with an electronics based project has had to deal … Continued

Slogging along through the assembly process. All was going well. PnP was cooperating with me. I produced 50pcs of the V2 2660 prime (bottom side) and had the oven all warmed up and ready to go. I started flowing some … Continued

Smoothieboard V2 Prime final Revision features. So as we finalized some of the features on the V2 prime it is a good time to do a writeup of what to expect.  Please be aware I may be slightly off on … Continued

It has been a while since we last posted. Very busy times…there has been a lot of progress to catch up on. First off, Chip shortage is still raging. We have everything on hand except for the TMC2590. We placed … Continued

It has been a bit since the last update but don’t let that worry you. Significant progress has been made since the last post behind the scenes. Last time I wrote I told you about the last minute redesign and … Continued