PrusaFirmwareBraino

PRUSA FIRMWARE

When I built my Prusa in 2011, I used Sanguino electronics, and Sprinter firmware. PC ran Windows operations system.

Now (2015), I need to modify the firmware. PC is running Linux (Mint 17, similar to Ubuntu).

sprinter is broken for sanguino / sanguinololu

It seems the names sanguino was changed to sanguinololu at some point.

I find that all the references to the Sanguino support now point to a binoculars manufacturer in Australia.

Specifically in https://github.com/kliment/Sprinter

the readme instructions specify:

3. Get the sanguino software, version 0023

  http://sanguino.cc/softwareforlinux

Becusae this does not lead to sanguino / sanguinololu support, the instructions for sprinter cannot be completed.

I tried hacking around for a bit , but also found this instructin:

5. Edit INSTALL_DIR inside Sprinter/Makefile (do not mind the default reference to arduino 0022)

I cannot determine if this instruction applies to linux, or only to windows.

At this point all I know is that there are sufficient errors to prevent me from setting up the firmware. This is unfortunate. While it worked, the sprinter firmware seemed to do its job very well. For now, I will pursue other options.

Marlin

The next firmware option listed is Marlin http://reprap.org/wiki/Marlin