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Grbl_Esp32
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Inconsistent Gcode errors, not sure how to continue troubleshooting...
This post on github (https://github.com/bdring/Grbl_Esp32/issues/848) is exactly what I'm struggling with, but the recommendation is to update/change the firmware. I'm not sure how I can do that with the FoxAlien machine. gSender has a firmware flash option, but it does not have a profile for the FoxAlien 4040-xe, and "Generic CNC" didn't seem to change anything.
- Trying to figure out how MKS TinyBee controls stepper motors through a shift register
- image binarization
- How hard is it to build a diy cnc controller?
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Show HN: I built a CNC-machine from scratch, using 40x 3D-printed parts
I understand you put thought and time into your approach and it was a hobby to learn more abotu the process (and thus you know about MPCNC but decided to make your own). I've also build similar systems and I've learned some timesaving tricks that have paid off in terms of hobbyist enjoyment.
I really like buying the majority of the parts from a place like OPenBuildsPartStore, rahter than assembling frames from channel manually. Time/cost/quality tradeoff is hard to beat here.
I strongly recommend switching to Grbl_Esp32 https://github.com/bdring/Grbl_Esp32 with external controllers (this board https://www.tindie.com/products/33366583/6-pack-universal-cn... with these plugins https://www.tindie.com/products/33366583/external-stepper-mo... and these controllers https://www.amazon.com/STEPPERONLINE-1-0-4-2A-20-50VDC-Micro...). That's what I ended up with because tuning current using the little pots is dumb, and you want a TON of current going to those huge motors. ESP32 + Grbl has a bunch of nice features that aren't in plain old Uno GRBL.
My system has high torque NEMA23 with no gears (same motor for all 3 axes), I can't see any situations where adding more torque to the X or Y axes using a smaller gearer stepper makes sense.
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New electronic for K40 - Seamless integration - Lightburn compatible
I have developed a new electronic board for laser machines that is using the wonderful ESP32 GRBL firmware and so compatible with all GCODE software including of course Lightburn
- Looking to build my own CNC machine. Recommendations?
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Pen plotters: not just output devices
if you want to see how it's done in modern plotters/CNC, Bart Dring's [Grbl_ESP32](https://github.com/bdring/Grbl_Esp32) is fairly easy to follow with good docs. I have one of Bart's plotters, as I don't have space or money for an Axidraw with all my other old plotters around the place.
For actual optimization of input files, [vpype](https://github.com/abey79/vpype)'s the one most people use.
Going back to really old/simple plotters, there wasn't enough code space to do any optimization. For example, the (fairly terrible) Commodore 1520 roll paper plotter had 2KB of ROM for all the 6502-compatible code its micro-controller used. When I first looked into the [firmware](https://e4aws.silverdr.com/hacks/6500_1/), I was pretty shocked that it printed text by scanning a table of character data from the start every time. Then I realized that even storing pointers for each character would use up about ⅛ of total storage, and the mechanical plotter mechanism was always way behind anything the code could do. So small mattered more than efficient
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Jello 3D Printer
Yup, and some modern steppers have this: https://github.com/bdring/Grbl_Esp32/wiki/StallGuard-Setup-a...
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Diy Cnc Controller Options
this fork is much more capable https://github.com/bdring/Grbl_Esp32
vpype
- Building a DIY Pen Plotter
- Which version of Processing should I learn if I want to plot my images with an Axidraw plotter?
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Helper to draw SVG from left to right (pencil/ fountain pens)
I'm not sure but that sounds like something vpype could do: https://github.com/abey79/vpype
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Axidraw / Inkscape masking problem
If your polygons are closed you can try using vpype with the occult plug in to automatically remove invisible paths. The catch is that they really need to be closed polygons and not lines. There may be another plug in that does handle lines though.
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Islamic Geometric Art (Design #30 from Anadolu Selçuklu Sanatinin Geometrik Dili)
The basics: I generated this plot via a program I wrote. That program was written in Javascript, using the p5.js library for drawing lines and stuff, and canvas-sketch to generate the SVG for plotting. I passed the SVG through vpype to merge & sort the lines, and then connected to the AxiDraw using saxi. Not knowing where you're at, those are a good choice to get started—Javascript is an okay language, and p5.js is really good for just getting stuff appearing on the page. And you can just start with the first 2, and add vpype and saxi later.
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Ask HN: Software to turn black and white image into plottable SVG?
Ah, very nice.
That should reduce the effort needed to something you might be able to make quick work of, yourself, with some thought.
this website [1] recommends a tool called vpype [2] which might have an option to do what you need or might be able to be tweaked to do what you need
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[Help] Cropping SVG problem
vpype: https://github.com/abey79/vpype occult plugin for vpype: https://github.com/LoicGoulefert/occult
- What is your workflow and goto code libraries?
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Lots of dots issue with pen plotter
I think the lines are so small it makes dots. You can use vpipe tool to fix up stuff like this. Don't ask me for the command I just know it exists. https://github.com/abey79/vpype
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Anyone worked out how to get an plotter to do joined up hand writing?
VPype has good tools for post-processing SVG to optimize plot speed. Simplifying the geometry and optimizing the line drawing order are the two basic things. Axidraw's Inkscape extension does some of this automatically, too.
What are some alternatives?
grblHAL - This repo has moved to a new home https://github.com/grblHAL
vsketch - Generative plotter art environment for Python
K40-GRBLcntrlr - K40 ESP32 GRBL Controller
vpype-pixelart - Pixel art plotting in vpype
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)
prettymaps - A small set of Python functions to draw pretty maps from OpenStreetMap data. Based on osmnx, matplotlib and shapely libraries.
cncjs - A web-based interface for CNC milling controller running Grbl, Marlin, Smoothieware, or TinyG.
inklayers - inklayers is a command line program that exports layers from an SVG file. It can be used to create slide shows by editing a single SVG file.
ODrive - High performance motor control
WebPlotDigitizer - Computer vision assisted tool to extract numerical data from plot images.
FastAccelStepper - A high speed stepper library for Atmega 168/328p (nano), Atmega32u4, Atmega 2560, ESP32, ESP32S2, ESP32S3, ESP32C3 and Atmel SAM Due
Generative-Art - A selection of generative art scripts written in Python