Bigtreetech Pi V1.2 Unboxing

[mvdveer]

Well at $40 Australian, I just could not resist and got me some BTT Pi v1.2 boards.

Arrived well packaged and within a very short time since ordering:

     

And the familiar "ducky" was there as well.

In the box, other than "ducky"  I found the following:

BTT sticker, thank you card, WiFi antenna, the board, heatsink and SPI cable.

Boy this heatsink is MAHUSIVE!

Form factor and mountings, similar to the Raspi Pi

  

Connectivity:

Screen - SPI or HDMI. DSI not supported

Has it's own Canbus port - will definitely have to try that!

Camera: USB only

Will have to see if it boots to mainsail pi image or not. Certainly looks like it will be easier to set up than the Rock Pi 4. Time will tell

 

 

 

 

[Chuck_Snow]

I have one coming too for my Mercury one build and the EBB36, and 5 inch BTT HDMI screen.

I have the BTT Manta MP8 / CB1 on my Voron 2.4 and it works great ..

 

Edited May 19, 2023 by Chuck_Snow

[Penatr8tor]

On 5/12/2023 at 6:14 PM, mvdveer said:

Will have to see if it boots to mainsail pi image or not. Certainly looks like it will be easier to set up than the Rock Pi 4. Time will tell

I would assume it will. I'm guessing 3D printer builders and modders are their primary customers so running Klipper or Octoprint would be a priority.

[mvdveer]

Sure it will as it is a dedicated "Klipper - board" as you indicated.

[Chuck_Snow]

@mvdveer did you happen to buy the U2C hat for it to enable the CanBus port?..  I looked around and theirs is' nt a lot of info on flashing it I assume it will be similar to their other U2C board.

 

[ken226]

If I'm reading right, it's is basically the cb1 chipset.  It won't run anything except the Debian distro created by BTT for the CB1. 

 There's a minimal install version on github that requires you to install Klipperscreen with KIAUH,  and a complete image that has klipper pre-installed.

 

 

I have a CB1, and it works pretty well. The biggest downside is that it won't work with the DSI raspberry pi screens.  You have to use a HDMI screen, or the pitft35 SPI.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/05/01/bigtreetech-pi-v1-2-a-raspberry-pi-sized-allwinner-h616-sbc-for-3d-printers/

 

Quote from the above link:

The board is software-compatible with the BIGTREETECH CB1 system-on-module and BTT Pi runs the CB1 image based on Debian 11, Linux 5.16, and Klipper open-source 3D printer software. You’ll find the latest version of the OS image on GitHub

Edited June 7, 2023 by ken226

[Chuck_Snow]

It really just a CB1 whit all the ports for 3D printing.  and I enjoy my other CB1 they have work very well for me and paying $250 for a PI is just crazy.. I'm glad we have an option..

[mvdveer]

1 hour ago, Chuck_Snow said:

@mvdveer did you happen to buy the U2C hat for it to enable the CanBus port?..

No, I use the octopus board can port.

[SuperBoppy]

I had a big heatsink on my pi board like that for the CPU, but I had to resize it and reinstall it because I think it was interfering with the wi-fi antenna on the pi board - it was covering it up and making it difficult for the board to connect to wi-fi.

[PFarm]

On 6/6/2023 at 9:22 PM, Chuck_Snow said:

@mvdveer did you happen to buy the U2C hat for it to enable the CanBus port?..  I looked around and theirs is' nt a lot of info on flashing it I assume it will be similar to their other U2C board.

I have the hat for one of mine just haven't gotten around to flashing it yet, It's for one of my Artillery X1 to Switchwire mods. Just got the rest of the parts for that mod yesterday. I'll post up info when I've flashed it.