Prusa-Firmware
Firmware for Original Prusa i3 3D printer by PrusaResearch (by prusa3d)
OctoPrint-MeatPack
Easy, fast, effective, and automatic g-code compression! (by scottmudge)
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| Prusa-Firmware | OctoPrint-MeatPack | |
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| 165 | 10 | |
| 1,964 | 118 | |
| 1.5% | - | |
| 9.6 | 4.2 | |
| 8 days ago | 9 months ago | |
| C++ | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | BSD 4-Clause "Original" or "Old" License |
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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.
Prusa-Firmware
Posts with mentions or reviews of Prusa-Firmware.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-07.
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I need you people to tell me if I'm an idiot or not, could I not just print a direct drive bracket and mount this to it? Seems so much easier than spending $100 on amazon for a kit
Maybe Prusa issue 602 can be somewhat relevant... https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware/issues/602
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Distracting layer lines with new every feature
I’m aware that I have issue #602 going on here... But has anyone else experienced these more-obvious layer lines showing up whenever a new feature in the model is started? See the lines continuing along the walls that correspond with the steps and even the rear hole.
- 3.13.2-RC1 Firmware for MK3, MK3S, MK3S+, MK2.5 and MK2.5S
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Unable to run thermal model calibration on MK3S+ Revo firmware 3.13.0 (TW: Cal. NOT IDLE)
It doesn't appear to be related to this known bug: https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware/issues/4288
- 3.13.0 Firmware for MK3, MK3S, MK3S+, MK2.5 and MK2.5S revo temp issues fixed
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Suddenly can't print, tm errors
You should read the release notes for 3.12. https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware/releases/tag/v3.12.0
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Is Arc Welder still a thing?
MK2/3: https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware/releases/tag/v3.12.0 (mentioned under Arc interpolation features G2/G3)
- Keep getting Y level crashes on MK3S+
- REVOSix + BondTech mk3s
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MK3S with Revo 6
Now comes thermal modeling which has issues with Revo 6. I completed steps 5-16 on Github (see https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware/issues/4105). This eliminated almost all the Revo 6 issues associated with thermal modeling. I would always get a beep and "Thermal Anomaly" warning on the LCD. Not a fatal printer error but annoying.
OctoPrint-MeatPack
Posts with mentions or reviews of OctoPrint-MeatPack.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-08.
- Is Marlin feature MEATPACK worth compiling up ?
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3D Printing meat. I'd like to taste it
I thought of meatpack and chuckled
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This printer pausing problem is apparently an Octoprint problem…same file does not do it when run off the SD card…?
Further improvements can be made with MeatPack, if one is game to goof with printer firmware.
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Firmware hacks/mods/tweaks?
I designed and implemented a g-code compression algorithm which nearly doubles serial throughput for OctoPrint, reducing stuttering.
- My attempt at fixing the OctoPrint stuttering (details in description)
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some nice new firmware features in this release candidate
In the readme.md of the github project:
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I Created A New Octoprint Plugin And Firmware Mod
The software engineer in me is always looking for optimization opportunities so I spent some time staring at the G-code. I think I've found a couple ways to compress about 3% more without firmware changes (although have not tested it). Not sure if you saw it but left an issue in your repo describing it: https://github.com/scottmudge/OctoPrint-MeatPack/issues/13
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After some unexpected design changes when I chose to use motor couplers instead of imbedding the lead screws directly, my MK3S is now capable of 352mm tall prints. A few more modifications to clean up the mounts and improve rigidity will increase it a bit more.
Besides, there is absolutely no reason to overclock the 4B SoC for OctoPrint. The quality bottleneck is the Einsy board's serial port. I've been working on a project to help improve that though: https://github.com/scottmudge/OctoPrint-MeatPack . But OctoPrint is only going to use ~5-15% of the 4B's computational resources, even at its standard clock rate. Even with a webcam attached.
- I created a new OctoPrint plugin and firmware mod to automatically pack/compress g-code over the serial connection, improving data throughput by a ratio of 1.64! There is virtually no overhead on the firmware side!
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Prusa-Firmware and OctoPrint-MeatPack you can also consider the following projects:
Voron-Afterburner - VORON Afterburner Upgrade
Cura-OctoPrintPlugin - Cura plugin which enables printing directly to OctoPrint and monitoring the process
Prusa-Firmware-Buddy - Firmware for the Original Prusa MINI, Original Prusa MK4 and the Original Prusa XL 3D printers by Prusa Research.
PrusaSlicer - G-code generator for 3D printers (RepRap, Makerbot, Ultimaker etc.)
Prusa-Link-Web - Prusa Web interface resources
Firmware-Molise-Artillery
Original-Prusa-i3 - Original Prusa i3 MK2 3D printer printed parts
OctoPrint - OctoPrint is the snappy web interface for your 3D printer!
Prusa-Bear-Firmware - Firmware for Original Prusa i3 3D printer by PrusaResearch
Octolapse - Stabilized timelapses for Octoprint
RAMBo - 3D Printer electronics
Prusaman
Prusa-Firmware vs Voron-Afterburner
OctoPrint-MeatPack vs Cura-OctoPrintPlugin
Prusa-Firmware vs Prusa-Firmware-Buddy
OctoPrint-MeatPack vs PrusaSlicer
Prusa-Firmware vs Prusa-Link-Web
OctoPrint-MeatPack vs Firmware-Molise-Artillery
Prusa-Firmware vs Original-Prusa-i3
OctoPrint-MeatPack vs OctoPrint
Prusa-Firmware vs Prusa-Bear-Firmware
OctoPrint-MeatPack vs Octolapse
Prusa-Firmware vs RAMBo
Prusa-Firmware vs Prusaman