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This article was originally posted by Reiner Schmidt on March 11, 2017 in our Tech Forum We are proud to announce that the SlushEngine Model D is now available for purchase from Roboteurs! The Model D is an overkill stepper motor driver for the Raspberry Pi that should fit just about every stepper application. The idea for this version has been hanging around for a while. When we first developed the SlushEngine we did a kickstarter for the Model X. This was a pretty beefy driver that we had originally developed to control a Delta Robot. However we found that...

This article was originally posted by by Joris Peels on February 10, 2017 from 3DPrint.com Roboteurs is a startup that specializes in robots and robotic components for education. They sell kits with electronics so teachers and kids can do fun educational projects with them. The team at Roboteurs made a 3D printed 6-axis robot arm. The design itself is a remix of the BCN3D Moveo arm and the Thor arm. Check it out in action: The entire robot arm was made using 3D printed components. The electronics come from the Raspberry Pi and SlushEngine. SlushEngine is a Kickstarter-funded stepper motor driver board...

Version 1.18 of the SlushEngine Model X Lite comes with some basic changes. After having spent a lot of time with this board and hearing back from our users we have made a few changes. Most of these changes are just to increase the general performance of the board. All of the updates made will not have any effect on the software that will be driving the board. Larger thermal pads added on the bottom to increase cooling DC/DC Buck converter layout improved for better efficiency and thermal performance. Pull-up on Reset line removed Pull-up on Switch removed Power plane...

Hey everyone, Lots going on with us but we really wanted to share an article for our Printabots in the Globe and Mail. Great summary and great read [^_^] Check out the article here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-money/cash-flow/can-3-d-printed-robots-make-it-out-of-the-classroom/article25216604/

Hey Everyone,  So Reiner and I (Justin) are so stoked that we ran and fulfilled a successful Kickstarter. We successfully raised $14,646 CAD with 69 backers. If you haven't had a chance, check out our Kickstarter page here  We can't wait to get the SlushEngine in our backers hands, and t-shirts, and stickers, and Raspberry PI's oh my! :D We will be starting work on the campaign pledges soon, but first... YUP - That's right, Reiner and I will be heading to California for the 10th Annual Bay Area Maker Faire. We'll actually be there showing everyone our Printabots (www.printabots.com)....