# Meet PandaPi **URL:** \ **Category:** 3d Printing / Slicers / Setup / Problems\ **Created:** [February 1, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966 "2021-02-01T21:39:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vassili\_Finellis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/vassili_finellis/32/12_2.png) [@Vassili\_Finellis](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Vassili_Finellis)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/1 "2021-02-01T21:39:39Z")
I leave it here . Comments are yours. > **[PandaPI | 3D Printer Control motherboard|upgrade printer|Shenzhen](https://www.pandapi3d.com/?fbclid=IwAR3f6lr1g_kvhFp-CSOj6rnSPfJr-y9JOeM30UqD_0Jq1GoMRHH7JyA_noU)** > > Upgrade printer fast,safe,and smart.PandaPi3D provide low cost 64bit control board, wirless smoke detector and auto turn down power,print completed auto shut down power modules.octoprint,marlin run in linux... ---
**Author:** ![Geit](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/geit/32/44_2.png) [@Geit](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Geit)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/2 "2021-02-01T21:57:00Z")
Interesting. I wonder how that works marlin related. I don´t see stock OctoPrint and Stock Marlin work running on one system. The timing in Marlin would kill every print as the Linux will cause trouble. So I guess this is just a normal plug and play printer board, which allows to plug the raspberry pi in. Price and feature wise it looks ok, but I cannot find the features of the board beside connectors. Ok,after some research, they really control the motors directly via gpio. Interesting. I wonder how well this works as a small hickup on the Linux side will cause massive trouble unless they use something special to make the hole printing stuff real time somehow. I for sure would not act as an early adopter, as this has high potential to only look good on paper. ---
**Author:** ![Vassili\_Finellis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/vassili_finellis/32/12_2.png) [@Vassili\_Finellis](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Vassili_Finellis)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/3 "2021-02-02T08:44:41Z")
> [@Geit](#): > > Interesting. I wonder how that works marlin related. > > I don´t see stock OctoPrint and Stock Marlin work running on one system. The timing in Marlin would kill every print as the Linux will cause trouble. So I guess this is just a normal plug and play printer board, which allows to plug the raspberry pi in. > > Price and feature wise it looks ok, but I cannot find the features of the board beside connectors. > > Ok,after some research, they really control the motors directly via gpio. Interesting. I wonder how well this works as a small hickup on the Linux side will cause massive trouble unless they use something special to make the hole printing stuff real time somehow. > > I for sure would not act as an early adopter, as this has high potential to only look good on paper. My guess is that RasPi works as main PC in 64 bit on the controller board and you can attach a capacitive touch screen as well. By saying " no PlatformIo " is that you can compile Marlin through your Octoprint controller since it is installed in RasPi. A good info resource is here: [GitHub - markniu/PandaPi: 3d printer firmware run on raspberry pi directly](https://github.com/markniu/PandaPi) A guide here: [Home · markniu/PandaPi Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/markniu/PandaPi/wiki) The total price of included 5 TMC 2209 drivers and a cloned BLtouch seems to be fair enough 91USD. ---
**Author:** ![Ender5r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ender5r](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Ender5r)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/4 "2021-02-02T13:03:40Z")
Certainly the price seems reasonable. If I understand correctly, you get a control board, with driver chips, and Raspberry Pi for $91. ---
**Author:** ![Vassili\_Finellis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/vassili_finellis/32/12_2.png) [@Vassili\_Finellis](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Vassili_Finellis)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/5 "2021-02-02T13:05:52Z")
> [@Ender5r](#): > > Certainly the price seems reasonable. If I understand correctly, you get a control board, with driver chips, and Raspberry Pi for $91. Plus a cloned BL touch ---
**Author:** ![Ender5r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ender5r](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Ender5r)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/6 "2021-02-02T13:07:32Z")
Ah, right. Since it’s a clone, one hopes the company does a better job of quality checking than many of the other BL Touch clones. ---
**Author:** ![Geit](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/geit/32/44_2.png) [@Geit](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Geit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/7 "2021-02-02T15:47:32Z")
> [@Vassili\_Finellis](#): > > Plus a cloned BL touch Minus a raspberry pi, which is not included. ---
**Author:** ![Ender5r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ender5r](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Ender5r)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/8 "2021-02-02T15:49:43Z")
In effect, isn’t a Pi included. The way I read the web site is that the control board runs OctoPrint. ---
**Author:** ![Vassili\_Finellis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/vassili_finellis/32/12_2.png) [@Vassili\_Finellis](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Vassili_Finellis)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/9 "2021-02-02T19:35:57Z")
Yes, is not included! But anyway, is worth to use ---
**Author:** ![Ender5r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ender5r](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Ender5r)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/10 "2021-02-02T19:50:38Z")
> [@Vassili\_Finellis](#): > > Yes, is not included! But anyway, is worth to use But it does run OctoPrint??? ---
**Author:** ![Geit](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/geit/32/44_2.png) [@Geit](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Geit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/11 "2021-02-02T20:17:15Z")
> [@Ender5r](#): > > But it does run OctoPrint??? No, it is just the driver board and drivers and stuff. You need to buy the Raspberry pi separately. The name PandaPi is very confusing. There is actually a red warning on the pages, that the pi is not included. Scroll down to package list:: > **[Product Page | Pandapi Print 3D](https://www.pandapi3d.com/product-page/copy-of-pandapiv-2-0)** ---
**Author:** ![Ender5r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ender5r](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Ender5r)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/12 "2021-02-02T20:49:19Z")
Well, in that case, it’s not nearly the bargain it appeared to be at 1st. Almost $100 for a control board is not cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Vassili\_Finellis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/vassili_finellis/32/12_2.png) [@Vassili\_Finellis](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Vassili_Finellis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/13 "2021-02-03T11:37:20Z")
> [@Ender5r](#): > > Well, in that case, it’s not nearly the bargain it appeared to be at 1st. Almost $100 for a control board is not cheap. Maybe not as cheap as SKR’s boards, but it is as good as a regular PC. OTOH a 64 bit board like RasPi offers much speed and "reliability " than a 32 bit SKR board. It controls up to 6 drivers ( two extruders in one carrier). You an install Octoprint in RasPi ( according site’s sayings ), online compiling and such. To be certain , we have to read other’s confirmation about it! ---
**Author:** ![Vassili\_Finellis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/vassili_finellis/32/12_2.png) [@Vassili\_Finellis](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Vassili_Finellis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/14 "2021-02-03T11:43:55Z")
Check also this board: [https://www.th3dstudio.com/product/e…iber\_hash=g2y2](https://www.th3dstudio.com/product/ezboard-lite/?ml_subscriber=1612712671801513659&ml_subscriber_hash=g2y2) Here is thw firmware for it: [https://support.th3dstudio.com/hc/product-information/ezboard/firmware/diy-firmware-ezboard-lite-board/?ml\_subscriber=1612712671801513659&ml\_subscriber\_hash=g2y2](https://support.th3dstudio.com/hc/product-information/ezboard/firmware/diy-firmware-ezboard-lite-board/?ml_subscriber=1612712671801513659&ml_subscriber_hash=g2y2) ---
**Author:** ![Vassili\_Finellis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/vassili_finellis/32/12_2.png) [@Vassili\_Finellis](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Vassili_Finellis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/15 "2021-02-03T11:46:49Z")
> [@Geit](#): > > No, it is just the driver board and drivers and stuff. You need to buy the Raspberry pi separately. > > The name PandaPi is very confusing. There is actually a red warning on the pages, that the pi is not included. > > Scroll down to package list:: > > [https://www.pandapi3d.com/product-page/copy-of-pandapiv-2-0](https://www.pandapi3d.com/product-page/copy-of-pandapiv-2-0) …and remember, Octoprint runs through RasPi board! ---
**Author:** ![Geit](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/geit/32/44_2.png) [@Geit](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Geit)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/16 "2021-02-03T12:41:06Z")
> [@Vassili\_Finellis](#): > > …and remember, Octoprint runs through RasPi board! Yeah, but Marlin, too. As the steppers are connected to the gpio using. ---
**Author:** ![Ender5r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ender5r](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Ender5r)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/17 "2021-02-03T14:58:23Z")
I’m quite familiar with the TH3D board. I ran their Unified firmware until just recently. ---
**Author:** ![Vassili\_Finellis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/vassili_finellis/32/12_2.png) [@Vassili\_Finellis](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Vassili_Finellis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/18 "2021-02-03T19:34:33Z")
> [@Geit](#): > > Yeah, but Marlin, too. As the steppers are connected to the gpio using. Of course , since RasPi works as a 64bit computer, then you could install many firmwares as well! ---
**Author:** ![Vassili\_Finellis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/vassili_finellis/32/12_2.png) [@Vassili\_Finellis](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Vassili_Finellis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/19 "2021-02-03T19:35:48Z")
> [@Ender5r](#): > > I’m quite familiar with the TH3D board. I ran their Unified firmware until just recently. Just look at the price. Also it runs 32bit chip and not 64bit like RasPi. ---
**Author:** ![Ender5r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ender5r](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Ender5r)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966/20 "2021-02-03T21:36:32Z")
Yeah, but it’s a control board, not a computer. It’s designed as a drop-in replacement for Ender 3/5 boards. [Next page](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/meet-pandapi/2966.md?page=2)