Thanks for that, I will continue to have a look around Cheers Davidby davmj - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Did you happen to get an answer for this? Davidby davmj - New Zealand RepRap User Group
I think those instructions might be wrong for 0018. Taken from the reprap wiki Newer versions of arduino (at least 0018 and newer) have better support for hardware like the Sanguino, so you only need to add one folder instead of doing a lot of editing. Copy the Sanguino folder that's in the zip file into your arduino-00XX/Hardware folder so that your folder structure looks like this: ardby davmj - General
So you just copied the Sanguino folder into the arduino/hardware folder to get it setup? Serial1 is defined in the Sanguino core so if the folder has been copied in correctly that the OSX version is not picking up the Sanguino configuration. Daivdby davmj - General
Which version of the arduino IDE are you using on OSX, as the instructions for installing the Sanguino folders depend on the version Cheers Davidby davmj - General
I will update the firmware page Cheers Davidby davmj - General
Now I am not sure if this the correct forum for this but as this problem covers a number of issues across various things it seemed the best place to put it. Having received my electronics from Techzone this morning, I approached with some care having seen reported issues here before. But the delivery was quick (allowing for holidays and customs), so I was happy with that. Built the cable to liby davmj - General
I am compiling it on Ubuntu 10.4 using the version of code from the SVN. It complains about the use of DWORD and HANDLE in the code when I attempt to compile the code. However I have looked around and found another store of the code and it does not like it will have the same issues. (And the code dates look more up to date), so I will give it a goby davmj - RepSnapper
I had a quick look at Repsnapper but there are some portability issues between windows and linux in the code. Dependence on Visual C++ types means that the code will not compile out of the box. Also the build instructions are missing some packages requirements. I think I will stick with my initial workflow plan, until after I have finished building and testing out the reprap Davidby davmj - RepSnapper
This is more to confirm that I have understood everything on the wiki, but confirmation is always good. Assuming I have good a completed and working mendel with the 5D Firmware installed on the motherboard, I believe the workflow would be something like this (Note I am using Ubuntu 10 for this) Design your part/model, using the CAD/3D modeller of choice (Blender, AOI, FreeCAD) Export it as anby davmj - RepSnapper
My view was that the 80 Watt Panel would be for charging the battery only. The battery would be responsible for the delivery of the current rather than the solar panel itself. I know from experience that a solar panel will not delivery enough current for long enough (That sun keeps moving). But it will delivery a top up current for a number of hours in a day. So will a 120 Watts requirement on aby davmj - General
The sunpowerport is a bit of overkill I would have thought, as it converts DC to AC and then you have to convert it back to DC. A better approach to solar power would be: Get one of the Solar Panels for Motorhomes (e.g. an 80 Watt one), with all the standard attachments that go with it, a Deep Cycle 12Volt Leisure battery (not a car battery) and that should I believe provide enough power to ruby davmj - General