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Anything related to printer controllers not being Duet, RAMPS or Sanguinololu: microprocessors, motor and heater driver circuitry, gEDA/KiCAD issues, soldering tips, etc.
Re: testing motherboard: no debug messages in console - 16 years ago
some good news: I tried windows xp and it worked 'out of the box': there's communication between the motherboard and host software. So the electronics should be good! I would like to make it work on Ubuntu though. An oddity I encountered is that when I don't plug in any FTDI cable, the host software debug messages are: DEBUG: The distribution preferences file and yours match. This is good. [by rravinof - Controllers
Re: testing motherboard: no debug messages in console - 16 years ago
For ReplicatorG (mac) I tried all 3 versions of the firmware: 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 - installed those from the ReplicatorG update firmware menu item. When starting up ReplicatorG, I see the debug LED flickering for a while. Some kind of communication is going on... For Host I used the latest Mendel firmware from svn. About Host (ubuntu): I understand now that the commdebug messages appear in the terby rravinof - Controllers
Re: testing motherboard: no debug messages in console - 16 years ago
I did some additional testing with ReplicatorG on MacOS X. This is with just the motherboard attached, no steppers, extruder controller. I'm thinking there must be something wrong with the Motherboard I got from Makerbot, or maybe I did something wrong doing the PCB adaptions. Are there any other tests I can run? Loading machine: mendel loading simulator Loading driver: gen3.Sanguino3GDriverby rravinof - Controllers
Re: testing motherboard: no debug messages in console - 16 years ago
thanks! i tried using the commands you suggested, but I got back a few errors. so I tried simplifying the code to see if there would be more luck. I'm very new to reprap, ubuntu and serial communications, so I'm not sure where to start... $ stty 19200 raw ignbrk -hup < /dev/ttyUSB0; (cat < &3 & cat > &3; kill $!) 3<>/dev/ttyUSB0 bash: !: event not found $ stty 192by rravinof - Controllers
testing motherboard: no debug messages in console - 16 years ago
Dear all Mendel hardware is all ready, and now I'm trying to complete the Testing Electronics instructions of the wiki. I managed to upload the motherboard firmware using Arduino 018. The debug LED is happily flashing at 2hz I set CommsDebug true in the reprap software preferences But I see no messages scrolling or appearing in the RepRap Console window. It is the RepRap Console window wherby rravinof - Controllers
folder structure of sanguino software download: typo? - 16 years ago
Hi I'm confused about the folder structure of the sanguino download (http://sanguino.googlecode.com/files/Sanguino-0018r1_1_4.zip): under cores is "arduino" instead I would expect "sanguino". In the documentation there is no mention of overwriting the original arduino core. Is that what I should do? EDIT * After some trial & error I found the solution myself. There is no fault in the foldeby rravinof - Sanguino(lolu)
7805TD alternatives for smd 2.3 - 16 years ago
I just got my order from Makerbot with smd 2.3 pcb (belgian customs took ages). I also got my order from Mouser for the electronics. There is however 1 component that Mouser didn't ship, and there is a factory lead time of 25 weeks. Several other companies (like farnell) are all out of stock of this component: The MC7805CDTRKG / 5V 1A voltage regulator with DPAK casing (7805TD) I see thereby rravinof - Controllers