FluidNC vs PlasticSliderCNC

FluidNC

The next generation of motion control firmware (by bdring)

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PlasticSliderCNC

A scalable CNC machine that uses 3d printed sliders instead of ball guides or linear bearings (by JMG1)

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FluidNC		PlasticSliderCNC
	Project
14	Mentions	2
1,383	Stars	6
-	Growth	-
9.3	Activity	10.0
8 days ago	Latest Commit	almost 7 years ago
C++	Language
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	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.
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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.

Building a DIY Pen Plotter
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Oct 2023

Grbl on ESP32 absolutely is a thing. I've been using it drive my robots for years. https://github.com/bdring/FluidNC
Do $3-5k machines have an effortless way of storing and starting a routine request prompt?
1 project | /r/hobbycnc | 26 May 2023

Not that I'm aware. The closest I know is the FluidNC firmware https://github.com/bdring/FluidNC for ESP32 boards.
ESP32-S3 SPI bus
2 projects | /r/esp32 | 5 May 2023

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
1 project | /r/esp32 | 9 Apr 2023
The Ant Queen
1 project | /r/TheANT | 8 Mar 2023
Arduino 2560 can’t upload Grbl
4 projects | /r/hobbycnc | 3 Mar 2023
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?
3 projects | /r/diycnc | 4 Jan 2023

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.
ESP32 Based 4 Axis CNC Control Board
1 project | /r/PrintedCircuitBoard | 6 Sep 2022

You can see the firmware here and associated documentation here: https://github.com/bdring/FluidNC
Klipper – open-source 3D Printer Firmware
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Aug 2022
6 pack eps32 controller?
1 project | /r/hobbycnc | 7 Mar 2022

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

PlasticSliderCNC

Posts with mentions or reviews of PlasticSliderCNC. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-04.

Building a DIY Pen Plotter
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Oct 2023
PlasticSliderCNC – a proof-of-concept of a scalable CNC machine (2017)
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Sep 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FluidNC and PlasticSliderCNC you can also consider the following projects:

grblHAL - This repo has moved to a new home https://github.com/grblHAL

vpype-flow-imager - vpype plug-in to convert images to flow field line art.

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

vpype - The Swiss-Army-knife command-line tool for plotter vector graphics.

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

DrawingBotV3 - DrawingBotV3 is a software for converting images into vector art

ESP32-S3-Platform - ESP32-S3 Development Board with SD-Card and versatile power management 5V and up to 12V

AccelStepper - Fork of AccelStepper

klipper - Klipper is a 3d-printer firmware

candle - Minimalist ML framework for Rust

Candle - GRBL controller application with G-Code visualizer written in Qt.