FluidNC
The next generation of motion control firmware (by bdring)
Candle
GRBL controller application with G-Code visualizer written in Qt. (by Denvi)
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| FluidNC | Candle | |
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| 14 | 27 | |
| 1,363 | 1,282 | |
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| 9.3 | 0.0 | |
| 3 days ago | about 1 year ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
FluidNC
Posts with mentions or reviews of FluidNC.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-04.
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Building a DIY Pen Plotter
Grbl on ESP32 absolutely is a thing. I've been using it drive my robots for years. https://github.com/bdring/FluidNC
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Do $3-5k machines have an effortless way of storing and starting a routine request prompt?
Not that I'm aware. The closest I know is the FluidNC firmware https://github.com/bdring/FluidNC for ESP32 boards.
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ESP32-S3 SPI bus
According with this image from the espressif github there are some pins (35, 36, 37, 47, 48) with "SPI functions", and some others marked with the tags "FSPI" and "Subspi" (9-14, 35-38).
- Best pins for fastest SPI speed
- The Ant Queen
- Arduino 2560 can’t upload Grbl
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I have some a4988 stepper driver and esp 32 but no driver .How can i code for a diy cnc with these? What will be the instructions?
I use this one. WiFi access, upload gcode to SD card and fire the job. Pretty happy about that. I bought one of the boards they make, and they provide support for that so buying from them makes things easier. But there's more [supported hardware](https://github.com/bdring/FluidNC/wiki/Hardware-that-Runs-FluidNC). There are configurations ready for some of those cheap boards and a friend made one work out of the box.
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ESP32 Based 4 Axis CNC Control Board
You can see the firmware here and associated documentation here: https://github.com/bdring/FluidNC
- Klipper – open-source 3D Printer Firmware
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6 pack eps32 controller?
I've been looking at the tinybee since I need 4 axes and external driver support... I don't see it on the hardware that runs fluidNC page https://github.com/bdring/FluidNC/wiki/Hardware-that-Runs-FluidNC
Candle
Posts with mentions or reviews of Candle.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-09.
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Potreste aiutarmi a capire il modello di questa macchina ad incisione? (non è laser)
oppure Candle: https://github.com/Denvi/Candle
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Minimum Computer Requirements
I looked up the specs for Candle https://github.com/Denvi/Candle says it will run on very minimum hardware. Windows/Linux x86, CPU with SSE2 instruction set support, Graphics card with OpenGL 2.0 support, 120 MB free storage space.
- Arduino 2560 can’t upload Grbl
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can someone help me identify what type of machine this is?
The sainsmart getting started guide is decent enough, worth checking out. I'm pro usb-ing it to a computer (Raspberry pi w/ a touchscreen in my case) & using Candle to drive it, and fusion 360 to generate toolpaths (.nc) files for it. The sainsmart guide covers all that mostly.
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How much time does it take to make PCB and 2d engravings from images?
I used Candle for awhile (https://github.com/Denvi/Candle). Mach 4 can do it, but I haven't tried with a PCB.
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Impulse bought a CNC Machine, Plz Send help
Personally in my setup I use Fusion360 for CAD, CAM and POST, sometimes on complicated/organic models I do the CAD in Blender instead and just import it into Fusion for the CAM/POST, and for a sender I use a little app called Candle (picked it because it had some nice utilities for etching out PCBs which is how I got into CNC), but there's plenty options out there.
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Esp8266 pulse counter. Milled PCB.
I am using pcb2gcode for generating my files for the engraver. https://github.com/pcb2gcode/pcb2gcodeGUI . For commanding the mill I am using Candle. https://github.com/Denvi/Candle . This works very nicely.
- What is the best software for a 1310?
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Help!? Anybody using linux? Inkscape?
Candle is available in english (on Windows and Linux) here: https://github.com/Denvi/Candle
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Laser on/off control not working
Candle (Win)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing FluidNC and Candle you can also consider the following projects:
grblHAL - This repo has moved to a new home https://github.com/grblHAL
Universal-G-Code-Sender - A cross-platform G-Code sender for GRBL, Smoothieware, TinyG and G2core.
grbl-Mega-5X - 5/6 Axis version of Grbl, the open source, embedded, high performance g-code-parser and CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on an Arduino Mega2560
bCNC - GRBL CNC command sender, autoleveler and g-code editor
grbl-Mega - An open source, embedded, high performance g-code-parser and CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on an Arduino Mega2560
cncjs - A web-based interface for CNC milling controller running Grbl, Marlin, Smoothieware, or TinyG.
ESP32-S3-Platform - ESP32-S3 Development Board with SD-Card and versatile power management 5V and up to 12V
GRBL-Pendant-with-LCD - Arduino UNO or MEGA Pendant with LCD for GRBL 1.1f (Jog X Y Z and send any Command while connected to PC simultaneously)
AccelStepper - Fork of AccelStepper
gsender - Connect to and control Grbl-based CNCs with ease
klipper - Klipper is a 3d-printer firmware
cncjs-kt-ext - Auto-leveling extension for CNCjs