3D Printer Controlled With a Touch-Screen Linux Tablet

[wraggster]

Francesco Santini was looking into the possibilities of stand-alone printing with the Solidoodle (http://www.solidoodle.com/). He choose the PengPod 700 (http://pengpod.com/), a tablet that runs a full Linux distribution and turned it into a standalone interface for the SD2. 'So, in summary, I now have a fully-functional touchscreen pronterface installation that can drive the Solidoodle, for a total cost of 110$. No assembly, soldering, firmware modding required. Just a little bit of fiddling with Linux (http://www.soliforum.com/topic/1954/fullfledged-lcd-touchscreen/) (if required, I can post a step-by-step guide, or prepare an ad-hoc linux image).'"

http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/04/06/2216233/3d-printer-controlled-with-a-touch-screen-linux-tablet