Quotedc42 Arthur, I'm surprised that you've fallen for that myth. Beyond half stepping, the torque per unit angular error is constant regardless of microstepping. Higher microstepping beyond about x16 doesn't increase positioning accuracy but it does make the motors a lot quieter - although it's hard to tell the difference between x128 and x256. This is the first time ever I hear this, after heaby arthurwolf - General
Quoteampapa - In regard to steppers and resolution, how large of an impact does the 256 vs 32 steps actually make in the print and for that matter in the noise level? For a CNC maybe the steps are not as large an issue about a certain point? The general idea is : passed a certain micro-stepping level, you are not gaining any more precision, *but* by lowering the amplitude and increasing the freqby arthurwolf - General
This is my board, so take anything I say with a grain of salt, and check it for yourself, but here are the things Smoothie users say they like most about it ( and tell me about it very loudly ), in particular relative to other systems : * Documentation. We clearly have the most complete and most extensive one around. We put an insane amount of work into it * Modularity. We make it easy to add tby arthurwolf - General
QuoteTech-Masterz So, I just got my board about two weeks ago and I having a world of trouble and its three fold. The company has yet to respond to my emails and I am so lost with what I am doing. Firstly, i have installed the drivers needed to connect the board to the computer however it will not show the SD plugged into in when connected to the computer. It only shows its on a comp port as smby arthurwolf - Crowdfunding Projects Announcements
QuoteNOVAprint Tobben, I qwould like to move the kinemaics to Smoothieware. What is the next step. I just wound my spools tonight I ma going to hang the unit this week I hope. Email me at wolf.arthur@gmail.comby arthurwolf - General
If anyone is ready to implement these kinematics in the Smoothie firmware, I am ready to send you a free smoothieboard instead of the promise of coding this. This is open to anyone.by arthurwolf - General
Quotearthurwolf We already have documentation about how to port options from Marlin ( for example smoothieware.org/delta has that ), but I'm adding a "porting from Marlin guide" to the TODO list, thanks for the suggestion. FYI, we now have this : Quoteslippyr4 However what is quite frustrating is that the whole smoothie site is completely broken on iPhone safari. I don't know how to fix it, bby arthurwolf - Smoothie
QuoteMattMoses Quotearthurwolf They have a schematic which is nothing more than generic documentation, they have a partial gerber file with no manufacturing instruction, and they have no proper bill of materials. If you can make a board from that you have some special super powers. The archive on the wiki AZSMZ_2.0_Gbr.zip contains eight files including: top and bottom copper, top and bottom silkby arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
QuoteMattMoses I'm glad you are happy with the work, Arthur. However, now that the policy stuff is codified, I took a moment to go back and look at the AZMSZ_Mini page. I don't really understand how this page is in violation of the policy. Can someone please clarify? It's simple : they don't provide sources sufficient to make a copy. They have a schematic which is nothing more than generic doby arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
Great work, really glad to see this is finally being taken care of, that's all I was trying to achieve with my edits, and if somebody else is taking care of it I'm even happier than if I was working on it.by arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
QuoteVDX ... there weren't many of the core team members active or around - on the admins mailing list only Adrian answerd my "who's there alive" post. So it seems, we have to discuss this in a much smaller group now ... Or a much larger group ? Communities like this loose core members all the time, it's normal ... Reprap has been around for a decade, you'd expect some folks to go do somethinby arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
QuoteMattMoses Hi arthurwolf, Please do not remove any additional information on your competitors' products (or any other information, for that matter) from the wiki until the rules issue is sorted out. That's fine. The reason I was deleting those is because nobody is taking care of removing advertising from the Wiki. If somebody takes care of it, that's great for me, less things to do. I feaby arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
QuoteDeuxVis I feel a bit awkward about deleting anything that people took some time to contribute, because I respect other people work and time, even when I don't especially need / enjoy it. If we need to, I'd be ok with removing non open source products information from the wiki provided that : - We clearly state that rule on a page any new wiki users cannot miss to read => warn people notby arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
QuoteMattMoses Regarding the pages up for deletion, it is my personal opinion that they should have a big notice saying "not open source" but they should not be deleted. There are indeed vendors that provide terrible support for their products, and then rely on reprap.org for free advertising and free tech support. It is not fair that closed-source parasite companies can get as much free resourceby arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
QuoteSkimmy Quotearthurwolf Accusing me of doing this because I make Smoothieboard is dishonest and outrageous, [...] Not cool at all. Not accusing. Getting you in this thread with a provoking statement was what I did It worked Don't be cross with me. You definitely did accuse me, what you did it for doesn't matter. And suggesting you have to insult me to get me here, is *also* insulting. Ifby arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
Quotetoolson .. and finally my very own opinion: There should be a rule that is not allowed for commercial active users (examp: arthur/smoothie) to delete or modify entrys by other commercial active users (examp: angelo/radds). It leaves always a bad baste when this happens. As far as I know, that description matches a lot of the people who actually wrote the wiki, so if your rule existed, we prby arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
Accusing me of doing this because I make Smoothieboard is dishonest and outrageous, I was a part of this community long before I started Smoothie ( including in some moderate admin capacities ), and I did not decide anything, just apply a well established wiki ruling. Additionally, quite a few of the Reprap admins have projects and products related to the Reprap project, it's what happens when thby arthurwolf - Administration, Announcements, Policy
We already have documentation about how to port options from Marlin ( for example smoothieware.org/delta has that ), but I'm adding a "porting from Marlin guide" to the TODO list, thanks for the suggestion.by arthurwolf - Smoothie
Yes, that is definitely not a problem. For information on probing, see or ask for help here.by arthurwolf - Smoothie
You don't need two configurations, you can have both active in the same configuration, it's not a problem at all. If you need help setting this up, don't hesitate to say.by arthurwolf - Smoothie
It'd be nice if you sold them on ebay too, I know I have heard several UK users saying they'd like that.by arthurwolf - Smoothie
Hey ! Having a clear, exhaustive and user-friendly documentation is one of the core goals of the Smoothie project. We have put a lot of work into what we have now, and we get quite a bit of praise for it. We are also currently working on producing video documentation, though that's a long-term goal. But nothing is perfect. I've recently been working on improving the documentation further, and Iby arthurwolf - Smoothie
Quotexelad Without some factual evidence i find it hard to believe there is such a small markup made on the boards, i was under the impression they are cheaply made and of poor design, this was the reason they undergone several revisions. It's much easier to sell things with very low markups if you are a Chinese company, and lots of them have that as pretty much their whole business model. Knowiby arthurwolf - Controllers
Quotexelad I'm sure the cost he will be deducted would be peanuts compared to what people pay in the west for these boards, Actually, just the raw cost of components for this board, which is the minimal amount that would be deducted here, is a significant fraction of the average salary in China. Being taken that amount from your salary would definitely hurt. Like a lot of chinese controllers, tby arthurwolf - Controllers
QuoteElmoC Has soft end stops been implemented yet? It is being worked on. It is the only major feature we are still missing. The main reason is because Smoothie implements so much others do not, this causes obstacles and questions other systems do not have to face. The short story is : we could do it wrong now, but we want to take the time to do it right. We hope to get it in with v2. If youby arthurwolf - Firmware - mainstream and related support
QuoteCalvinx66 Sadly that's just words and can be considered vaporware. Actually no, it's already a lot of code ( which you can see on github ), a basic interface already implement, quite a few contributors, and several companies in the OSHW world commiting to pay for work on this over a full year QuoteCalvinx66 And I'm sorry to say this but i do notice that where Smoothie is concerned it's alwby arthurwolf - Firmware - mainstream and related support
Quotenophead Well try G1 X 100 F1 and listen if the microstepping works. See for the reason it doesn't and the simple fix. This problem was well known in the RepRap world after my article so I was surprised to get a Smoothieboard with Rosc = 10K and found it ironic. I stopped following on github, and it may have been two years ago, but at that point I read that the ADC produces bum samples of 0by arthurwolf - General
QuoteDust QuoteSrek Do duet and smoothieware support dual x carriages? Probably not, because your not supporting those firmware to request it, or better yet add those features yourself. Also because its a feature that 99.999% of us don’t need Actually, there are users who have gotten dual X carriages to work with Smoothieware. It's not directly supported in the firmware, but by using the switcby arthurwolf - General
QuoteGearheadRed Smoothieware will also not support users of the board too so your only support options are other users and the makers(who are quite unresponsive). The general policy is : * We don't like MKS * If you have a problem with a MKS board, please contact them *first* * If they don't answer you, some of us are likely to help you then, but we won't be happy about itby arthurwolf - General
Quotenophead >Smoothieware, running on a Smoothieboard, saves a lot of time, and to me that's a feature worth paying for. Smoothieboard is an ironic name as it doesn't even do x16 microstepping accurately and has glitches in the the ADC. The last time I paid any attention to the software (which was admittedly a long time ago) it didn't even manage to coordinate the motors to stop at the sameby arthurwolf - General