#Raspbian gcode converter pro
#Raspbian gcode converter software
#Raspbian gcode converter series

The AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B cable is fine for this, or anything you may have from ancient cameras or other devices.

#Raspbian gcode converter pro

You will need a mini-USB cable (yes, mini, not micro) to connect to the controller on the Ender 3 Pro printer. And OctoPrint contains a web-based backup option to save your entire image, or you can access your files via ssh/scp/rsync however you like. I had a 64GB Samsung Evo card ($12.45) handy so I put it in there, so I probably wonвЂ™t run out of space anytime soon. You will want at least a 16GB MicroSD card (U1 Class 10 or better). I have not felt limited by my 3B non-plus Pi, but it probably doesnвЂ™t hurt to go with a newer board if youвЂ™re going to be buying it new anyway. ThereвЂ™s a 3B+ board only for $41.90, but for a buck more you can get the 2GB Pi 4B or go to $55 for the 4GB Pi 4B. CanaKit still sells the 3B with a 2.5A power supply and two heatsinks for $48. If youвЂ™re planning to mount your OctoPi to the printer (see below), you will probably just want the Pi, maybe a fan, and a power supply. You can buy pre-collected kits from various worldwide sources on the Octoprint website, but you may be better off just building your own.ДЄmazon of course has a number of starter kits from CanaKit and Vilros that would be good choices, from a $60 CanaKit Pi3B+ kit with case and power supply or a Vilros Pi 4 kit from $64. WeвЂ™ll look at options here for your Raspberry Pi board, flash card, cable, camera, and case. There is a thriving plugin ecosystem as well, so if you want to run multiple cameras, have a fancier gcode previewer, or add all sorts of other features, the options are there. Note that you lose some of the progress details on the Ender LCD display (and the power outage recovery feature) but You can also upload gcode files to the OctoPi instance, storing them on the internal storage of the Pi. When youвЂ™ve installed OctoPrint / OctoPi and connected it to your printer, youвЂ™ll be able to see the status of the printer, the active print, environmental details, and (with a camera like the PiCam or any supported USB camera) the actual motion of the printer. Older boards will work, but with the camera option or other intense plugins (like gcode viewers) you wonвЂ™t like it according to the folks behind OctoPrint and OctoPi. you just need a Pi 3B or later board (and case and power supply) and an SD card with OctoPi installed.

#Raspbian gcode converter software

OctoPi is a Raspbian (Raspberry Pi Debian image) based distribution with Octoprint and the video streamer software included. However, you might not want to dedicate a full-sized computer to this task. It can be installed on a Linux, Windows, or MacOS computer. It communicates with the printer over a USB cable. OctoPrint is an open-source management program and web front-end for many/most 3D printers. Since the only storage the printer has is this MicroSD card, I couldnвЂ™t add files during a print run, and it got somewhat tiring. The first day or two, I was running out to the garage to check on prints, and shuttling the included 8GB MicroSD card back and forth to load print files onto it.

A quick sidebar on my 3D printing (mis-)adventure.

The back story, the rationale, and the assembly.

From here weвЂ™ll get into the enhancements and early printing. See the previous parts for the lead-in to this project.

Links and prices are accurate as of November 2020, and may get updated in the futureвЂ¦ but donвЂ™t count on it. Expect it to be an ongoing series, and IвЂ™m hoping to have some friends join the effort and offer their feedback as well. To be fair, itвЂ™ll be money and time pit topics, and nothing that youвЂ™d really have to get a second mortgage on your house to doвЂ¦ but things always get a bit out of hand.

#Raspbian gcode converter series

This is one topic in a series of what IвЂ™m calling вЂњmoney pitвЂќ projects.