Re: LCD 12864 For RepRap.. aint working ?
*Did you upload a 3D-printer firmware to the Mega2560? Which one, Marlin?* Nope >.< i thought the lcd had something too test the motors with, some "built in" or "in programed" "settings?" from...
View ArticleRe: LCD 12864 For RepRap.. aint working ?
The 12864 LCD is completely passive, the display must be driven by the (properly configured) firmware in the Mega2560... Ok, so you need to: download Marlin, install it in your Arduino sketchbook...
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I have received the first batch of boards and I expect to start shipping them on Monday. Fitting instructions: [miscsolutions.wordpress.com] Open source firmware: [github.com] More details and how to...
View ArticleRe: LCD 12864 For RepRap.. aint working ?
I got the LCD working last night :D, Downloaded Marlin and something called U8glib, went and "defined" the motherboard to 35 (reading your new comment made me change this to 33 (just now)). Maybe this...
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Marlin electronics is used on the Orca-XXL but as the company was sold some time ago i don`t think the new owner will make it open source. It`s Running Marlin-II but very useless without a shematics,...
View ArticleRe: reprap 3d-printer without ramps
you need to create a new board definition to match you hardware. You can't not use a ramp and expect to be able to use the ramps or any other board definition, unless you put all the steppers,...
View ArticleRe: Heatbed Heater Options
Ok so after far too long, I finally have a new heatbed and SSR. The problem was with DHL, they ended up having it in their posession since December 28th, and it only arrived yesterday. Wonderful. I'm...
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Re: Heatbed Heater Options
Ok interesting development. I had a look at the original Felix 1.5 instruction manual, cos that used an ATX supply too. In that one, the Green wire in the ATX was soldered to one of the Ground wires....
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I don't think a 12V fan would provide sufficient load on the 5V rail. I think you need a load of several hundred mA. RepRapPro used to supply an ATX PSU with the Ormerod kit. Their ATX power...
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Re: Heatbed Heater Options
Crap. The fans I have are 0.96W, and I don't have any power resistors remotely large enough. According to this site (http://makezine.com/projects/computer-power-supply-to-bench-power-supply-adapter/),...
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Re: Heatbed Heater Options
Ah I think I've figured it out now. This is on the side of the ATX case: 2w74nbr.jpg So that means I'm going to need resistors across Ground and 1 x Red Wire (+5V), 1 x Orange Wire (+3.3V) and 1 x...
View ArticleWhat board to buy?
Hello. My old Arduino MEGA 2560 have burned along with 5 StepStick A4988 because of voltage stabilizer on Arduino board. And my question to you is.... What board shoud i buy now? and another question...
View ArticleSmoothieWare Compatible Mainboards
[thinkl33t.co.uk] SmoothieWare Compatible Mainboards I’m a big fan of the SmoothieWare project for driving 3D printers, CNC machines and Laser Cutters. The code is clean, efficient, and the software...
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how about supporting the original designers and just buy a smoothieboard. In my view you shouldnt buy the clone boards that provide zero support to the orriginal smoothieboard designers.
View ArticleRe: What board to buy?
An 8-bit Arduino is really under-powered for running a Delta printer. Therefore, I recommend a 32-bit processor, and dumping the 8-bit Arduino ecosystem. Smoothieware is popular among serious Delta...
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cxandy's post here today summarizing Smoothieware boards has this one listed...from POLAND!!! http://3d-printers.pl/product/sunbeam I have no experience with it, but no currency conversion is...
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Thank you for the summary! I've been meaning to write one myself.....
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