Hi Simon,
Thanks for your interest! to your questions:
1- yes dual extruders are supported (with the 5-motor channel version)
Firmware: Either way you need a version of firmware that supports the extra non-standard hardware to access them - this is being tested now, seems to work fine, though some refinements are in order before we release that publicly. this will be merged back into the current (open-source) repositories for Marlin, Sprinter, etc. as soon as we're satisfied with it. Boards will ship with a fully functional version of Marlin already programmed, and we'll supply updated versions directly, as they occur, until that code is proven enough to merge back into the public codebase.
2- Pricing & ordering: we're going to be making some major improvements for the next "production" batch (so far these are only prototypes)
so that is not fixed yet. we're trying to reduce cost in the process and streamline assembly, and add a few new exciting capabilities in the process.
Keep an eye out for a detailed announcement in the next couple of weeks. We'll only open up for new orders at that time or a bit later once the parts are all in and production timing is confirmed with the factory (no hand assembly this time
)
Cheers
Frantz
SpacedCowboy wrote:A couple of questions before I order both an Orduino and a Lava for my imminent Hadron
- Will the Orduino support the qu-bd dual extruder natively or will it require a firmware update ?
- What's the current pricing ? The last post I could find with figures in was April 15th, and I wasn't sure if you'd changed anything since then.
Cheers
Simon