However, the three of them differ fairly from each other, so let’s dive into the differences and see which one comes out on top. Connect your computer/laptop to your 3D printer using the USB connector that fits your machine.
Luckily, almost all of the most popular manufacturers use a firmware called Marlin or a custom descendent of it. In this article, we will go step by step and explain how to recalibrate the home position of almost every 3D printer. The new firmware gets flashed to the mainboard and as soon as the display shows the menu screen again, you’re done. The selection depends whether you have a BLTouch in combination with that mainboard or not.
Once connected, click on the “Upload” button that’s right beside the “Verify” button. Make sure the printer has been plugged out from the stock ROMs power outlet before doing that. Like RepRap, Repetier also has a web-based configuration tool so you can make modifications to the firmware with ease and comfort. There’s also a slicer from the developer of Repetier called Repetier-Host.
- This firmware runs off a single-board computer like the Raspberry Pi to offload the intensive calculations.
- These will come in handy while configuring the Klipper firmware.
- Appliance, like microwave or smartphone, needs firmware to achieve different functions.
- So when we download the firmware, look for [without adapter board].
- Locate the folder for your 3D Printer and copy all of the files from inside of it.
Some browsers will automatically convert it to a .HEX file, others won’t. If you see a file named “pod_180126_302x1_BL_v2.1.4.zip”, then right-click on it. After selecting the file for download and clicking the start button follow the prompts to turn off the MMC then Turn on the MMC. You can also run start_liveplotter(…) directly from the interactive odrivetool prompt. This is useful if you want to issue commands or otherwise keep interacting with the odrive while plotting.
