BuckNaked31,

Those are all very good points. I have pondered a motion controller built into a drive, and much like the G540 it would be modular. I plan on starting with the design of one stepper drive (like say a G203v type deal) and then expanding to a product like the G540. The problem however with integrating a motion control into the overall scheme of things is that it is 95% code that makes a good motion controller, not the hardware. I am proficient in writing software, however, keeping software up to date is hard with operating systems and standards always changing. I do however hope that one day I could integrate an open source software team into this and get something like the smooth stepper going.

Another possibility is to design something that integrates a smooth stepper as the motion control piece of the project. This however smashes my dreams of having something completely open source.

I appreciate the input!

~ldoiron17