Matter Control Touch

[bvandiepenbos]

Have you guys seen this yet?
Matter Control has released a Android based device that runs Matter Control. Supposedly you can do everything including slicing!
It is $300, but first (100) sold are $50 bucks off.
Tempting.

Sure would be sweet to build it right into the printer and get rid of the LCD.

www.matterhackers.com/store/printer-accessories/mattercontrol-touch

[jimustanguitar]

If it's android, I'm surprised that they're selling the hardware. Why don't they just have a paid app?

Either way, it looks very cool and I hope it catches on.

[ZionPhil]

I don't think it looks cool at all.

[msizemore]

It looks cool. Don't lie.

Perhaps an opportunity to sell an Octopi/Astroprint kit? Bundle a Raspberry Pi, camera, the screen, wifi dongle and a nice case to enclose it all, sell it for $200. Does anybody really want to do all their slicing on a tablet anyways? I currently have a tablet next to my printer logged into the OctoPi interface acting as the main control, which is pretty much all I would do with that Mattercontrol tablet.

[BeeAmaker]

I'm with Phil, I really don't see it any different that being connected to a laptop. Personally, I'd rather use a laptop.

[bvandiepenbos]

Jan 28, 2015 20:13:12 GMT -5 ZionPhil said:

I don't think it looks cool at all.

Astroprint fanboy

[jimustanguitar]

Looks like we've got some friends that'll have some of these in stock. Maybe they'll bring one to the hive for a demo?

[BeeAmaker]

There specs
Hardware Tech Specs:
7" display
RAM: 1GB
GPU: Quad Core 4x1.4GHz
Internal Storage: 8GB
External Storage: SD Card
Camera Included
Voice Capable
Touchscreen
Wifi-Connectivity
Standalone Control
Web Monitoring

My Specs
Hardware Tech Specs:
15" display
RAM: 16GB
GPU: Nvidia GForce GTX 560M
Internal Storage: 1TB
Full keyboard with number pad
Mouse control
Blue tooth
External Storage: SD Card
Camera Included
Voice Capable
Touchscreen
Wifi-Connectivity
Standalone Control
Web Monitoring
Choice of slicers
Choice of interface: Cura, Repitier Host, Matter control to name a few
Surf the web while printing!
Slice while printing!
Draw 3D object while printing!
Do homework while printing!
Extra USB drives!
Talk on googal chat while printing!
Do your Taxes while printing!
Download more printable objects while printing!
Close the lid and go home While printing!
Take it with you while printing and do more printing stuff away from the printer - all while printing!
I'm responding to this post while printing!
And MUCH MUCH MORE! (while printing)

An Android App would have made much more sense

[bvandiepenbos]

sheeesh! gimme a break Glenn, you just don't get it do you.


by the way SeeMeCNC has some units in stock, I stooped in there this morning and Oly demoed it to me. I gotta say the LOCAL slicing (with Android) was surprisingly fast. And the re-designed MC interface looked better than the desktop version.

The Android system is custom to properly support USB direct to Rambo.
So that means you don't need a RaspPi.

John says the Android app will (is?) available open source. The main drawback currently to rolling your own Matterslice+Android+tablet setup is the Android tablets USB interface.

[jimustanguitar]

You don't have to stoop to go in there. Those SeeMe guys aren't that bad

[BeeAmaker]

No Brian, There is nothing there to get in my opinion.
The Tablet is a step BACK from a Laptop - why spend another $300 for something that does what you already can plus more. It's a gimmick sale. It does nothing to improve, nothing to benefit. It doesn't give you better prints, It doesn't slice better, it doesn't download files faster. It's a $300 LCD screen, nothing more.

Go ahead and get one - I bet you still use your laptop, just as you do now. I'm just saying I'm not wasting my money on one.