# Making your own powerful Controller on the cheap side **URL:** \ **Category:** Upgrades\ **Created:** [January 26, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/making-your-own-powerful-controller-on-the-cheap-side/33328 "2017-01-26T17:56:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 893
**Author:** ![JustinBusby](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/justinbusby/32/30906_2.png) [@JustinBusby](https://community.inventables.com/u/JustinBusby)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/making-your-own-powerful-controller-on-the-cheap-side/33328/893 "2018-08-22T12:34:55Z")
Phil’s information about his controller can still be found on his website: > **[CNC DEMON CONTROLLER](https://www.designsbyphil.com/cnc-demon-controller.html)** The Leadshine drivers posted by Haldor, while nice, are also about 4-6x the cost (cheapest is aliexpress at $64 each) of the drivers that are more than adequate for a “drop-in” Gshield replacement (as posted by LarryM, [here](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016ZJS1FA/)). Add in a 48V power supply ($75) with adequate current (need a 600W supply assuming 4x 2.8A steppers, they need 11.2A potentially, and margin) and when you add up the costs of these components, you’re at **$331** which is more than the Xcontroller price excluding shipping. And the Xcontroller has a very limited amount of interconnects (and ideally “fool proof” connectors) to get it going, includes customer service and board replacement for when a problem happens, etc. Do you get a much more capable controller with the Leadshines and 48V? Yes, but is it on the “cheap” side, which is the point of this post? No. Even the quoted $225 shipped is not cheap compared to the approx. cost of $80 of Phil’s demon controller considering the level of reuse. That’s about 3x more expensive. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.inventables.com/t/making-your-own-powerful-controller-on-the-cheap-side/33328)._