Smoothieware: New Firmware for PnP The Open Source motion controller firmware Smoothieware is optimized for 3D-printing, milling, laser cutting and similar. It is a very nice and versatile firmware but sometimes problems get exposed in the Pick&Place use case. I found and fixed some missing features and bugs and tried to contribute them back to …
Choosing a Motion Controller: The Panucatt Azteeg X5 GT 32bit Most motion controllers today use a universal language called G-Code, a de-facto standard that incredibly dates back to 1950. G-code mainly just moves mechanical axes around in a completely abstracted manner, so you should be able to do anything with it, right? Does it even matter, which controller to choose? …
Smoothieware: Adding Mid-Axis Homing (footage credits: Mike Menci) Pick&Place multi-nozzle machines share one physical actuator to create the two nozzles’ Z axis in a counterweight, seesaw or rocker configuration (when one is moving up, the other is moving down).
Smoothieware: Problems with mixed Axes The motion controller firmware most popular with OpenPNP – Smoothieware – had problems with mixed primary (linear) + secondary (rotary) axis moves. I tried to fix that … read the saga about that in the Pull request ;-).
