[Elecraft] Firmware development

[David Woolley]

My impression is that all hobbyist fused filament printer use open 
source firmware.  The difference is likely to be whether the vendor 
pre-configures and pre-installs it.  That probably applies to all fused 
filament printers.

I think the original movement behind these was that you could, largely, 
use the printer to make the printer, so they attracted people who wanted 
to flash their own firmware.

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David Woolley

On 27/11/2020 04:26, SteveL wrote:
> I own a popular open-source based 3D printer.  Finding the firmware to run the printer reliably is a challenge.  Once found (or so I thought) then there’s the task of compiling and loading the firmware after customizing specifically for one of 4 different mother boards the vendor shipped with the same printer model, using vague and incomplete recommendations from the “community".  Then there’s