3D printer firmware library

stoyanoff · Joined: 20 Jul 2011 Posts: 375

Greetings! I'm looking for a code library suitable to RepRap(Marlin/Sprinter/Repetier). Is there any code library for CNC or 3d printer?
Thanks!

ckielstra · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 3680 Location: The Netherlands

Be more specific.
The code used in the mentioned RepRap derived printers is open source and available from Github. My guess is you know this and that this isn't what you are looking for.
But, if this isn't what you are looking for, then I have no clue as what you do want.

stoyanoff · Joined: 20 Jul 2011 Posts: 375

These printer drivers are written for Arduino! So I'm asking if there is a CCS library or I have to translate from them!
Thanks!

drolleman · Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 116

All the movements except for homing are g1. Even though there are many gcodes very few are used.

ckielstra · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 3680 Location: The Netherlands

@drolleman: A 3D printer involves a bit more than just processing the G0/G1 commands. There is route planning, PID based temperature control of heated bed and nozzle, reading thermocouples, LCD screen output, reading data from SD-card or USB stick, etc.
I do understand the question for existing firmware as it saves a lot of time not having to do this all again.

@stoyanoff: There are a few PIC based 3D printers around but I don't know one using CCS.

I wouldn't spend my time on a PIC based design. To give yourself more headroom you want one of the more powerful PIC24 based chips. Do you have the compiler for those?

Much easier to switch platform and use one of the many Arduino based projects. It will take same extra time to learn the new platform, but you will save massive time because there is so much more support available on this particular project. Hardware is cheap, or at least not more than you would pay for an equivalent PIC based design. Development tools are free. So much easier to buy a ready made and tested PCB than having to design your own with all the standard prototype problems.
Spend your time in improving the printer in the parts where you improve on the existing projects. Everybody will gain from your improvements instead of doing a new design that has been done hundreds of times before.