Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?

quadshop

Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?
October 17, 2009 09:40AM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 24

I have an Arduino MEGA that I'll be using as a RepRap motherboard. Neither of the current branches of the 3D or 5D firmware have out-of-the-box support for the MEGA.

It doesn't look like it'll be too hard to add, but I wanted to see if anyone else had done it first, to maybe save myself a few hours of work.

Anyone?

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andybot

Re: Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?
October 17, 2009 02:43PM

I too have an MEGA and would love to see a version specifically for it.

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BodgeIt

Re: Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?
November 04, 2009 12:45PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 478

Has there been any further work towards having an Arduino Mega version?

I remember seeing a post from Vik on this subject as well

Bodge It [reprap.org]
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BIQ Sanguinololu SD LCD board	BIQ Stepcon	BIQ Opto Endstop
BIQ Heater Block PCB	BIQ Extruder Peek clamp replacement	BIQ Huxley Seedling
BIQ Sanguinololu mounting	BIQ standalone Sanguinololu or Ramps mounting	Print It Stick It Cut it

My rep strap: [repstrapbertha.blogspot.com]

Buy the bits from B&Q pipestrap [diyrepstrap.blogspot.com]
How to Build a Darwin without any Rep Rap Parts [repstrapdarwin.blogspot.com]
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joaz

Re: Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?
November 04, 2009 12:51PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 80

Hi,

I submitted my changes to the 5D firmware to github for arduino mega.

[github.com]

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FiveD Firmware fork (supports Arduino Mega): [github.com]
reprapsource.com

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BodgeIt

Re: Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?
November 04, 2009 12:58PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 478

Hey Joaz,

Looks like you only just uploaded it too Great thank you!

Bodge It [reprap.org]
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BIQ Sanguinololu SD LCD board	BIQ Stepcon	BIQ Opto Endstop
BIQ Heater Block PCB	BIQ Extruder Peek clamp replacement	BIQ Huxley Seedling
BIQ Sanguinololu mounting	BIQ standalone Sanguinololu or Ramps mounting	Print It Stick It Cut it

My rep strap: [repstrapbertha.blogspot.com]

Buy the bits from B&Q pipestrap [diyrepstrap.blogspot.com]
How to Build a Darwin without any Rep Rap Parts [repstrapdarwin.blogspot.com]
Web Site [www.takeaway3dtech.com]

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BodgeIt

Re: Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?
November 04, 2009 01:02PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 478

Which version of the Audrino IDE/sketch are you using this with please?

Bodge It [reprap.org]
=======================================

BIQ Sanguinololu SD LCD board	BIQ Stepcon	BIQ Opto Endstop
BIQ Heater Block PCB	BIQ Extruder Peek clamp replacement	BIQ Huxley Seedling
BIQ Sanguinololu mounting	BIQ standalone Sanguinololu or Ramps mounting	Print It Stick It Cut it

My rep strap: [repstrapbertha.blogspot.com]

Buy the bits from B&Q pipestrap [diyrepstrap.blogspot.com]
How to Build a Darwin without any Rep Rap Parts [repstrapdarwin.blogspot.com]
Web Site [www.takeaway3dtech.com]

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joaz

Re: Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?
November 04, 2009 01:03PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 80

Yes, wanted to do this for quite a while.

Hope it works for you. If not: I'd love to get this thing bug-free smiling smiley

> Which version of the Audrino IDE/sketch are you using this with please?

First 0015, then 0016, now 0017. Should work with all of them. btw.. you have to name the folder FiveD_GCode_Interpreter due to an arduino software limitation

Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/2009 06:05AM by joaz.

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FiveD Firmware fork (supports Arduino Mega): [github.com]
reprapsource.com

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BodgeIt

Re: Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?
November 10, 2009 04:32AM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 478

Great thanks will give it a try..

Bodge It [reprap.org]
=======================================

BIQ Sanguinololu SD LCD board	BIQ Stepcon	BIQ Opto Endstop
BIQ Heater Block PCB	BIQ Extruder Peek clamp replacement	BIQ Huxley Seedling
BIQ Sanguinololu mounting	BIQ standalone Sanguinololu or Ramps mounting	Print It Stick It Cut it

My rep strap: [repstrapbertha.blogspot.com]

Buy the bits from B&Q pipestrap [diyrepstrap.blogspot.com]
How to Build a Darwin without any Rep Rap Parts [repstrapdarwin.blogspot.com]
Web Site [www.takeaway3dtech.com]

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joaz

Re: Anyone added MEGA support to firmware?
November 14, 2009 05:30PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 80

Hi,

I made an update to the firmware today. It'll now support 3D gcode (made by skeinforge for example) as well as 5D gcode.

Currently, there's only a problem on 3D gcode when driving a stepper motor extruder with the arduino mega directly. It does 1 step and then nothing. Apparently, something with the interrupt function won't work...

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FiveD Firmware fork (supports Arduino Mega): [github.com]
reprapsource.com

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