ESP8266MOD Wifi?
Anyone already tried to hooking up an NodeMCU to their Prusa to make Wifi working, since Jozef promised this us already 2 years back.
Think you only need a voltage regulator, the below stated board and some coding.
RE: ESP8266MOD Wifi?
There was some work on the Buddy firmware recently. So it shouldn't take that long anymore.
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Can someone tell me why you would you trust a WiFi connection for a (multi-hour) 3D Print?
If I look at a Wifi analyzer on the spot where my printer is it receives about 100+ different (2.4Ghz) Wifi networks. I would not trust the processing power of an ESP01(S) to handle that.
Mini with FW:4.4.1 + SuperPINDA + Bondtech Heatbreak + PC4-M8 couplers + 1 piece boden
RE: ESP8266MOD Wifi?
Can someone tell me why you would you trust a WiFi connection for a (multi-hour) 3D Print?
If I look at a Wifi analyzer on the spot where my printer is it receives about 100+ different (2.4Ghz) Wifi networks. I would not trust the processing power of an ESP01(S) to handle that.
It's just a WiFi monitor. G-Code and controller are still local. Maybe it has G-Code upload, but it wouldn't interrupt the current print or add the G-Code if the upload was not complete.
Those remote monitors are just for convenience. (To see or stop print progress remotely.) A disconnect will not harm print or printer.
RE: ESP8266MOD Wifi?
Oh oke, but have you tried the wired version of that? the REST interface is horrible, prone to extreme time-outs. If there are improvements in that code they are well hidden...
But If I had to choose where the best programmers should work on it would not be the network functionality 🙂
Mini with FW:4.4.1 + SuperPINDA + Bondtech Heatbreak + PC4-M8 couplers + 1 piece boden
RE:
Can someone tell me why you would you trust a WiFi connection for a (multi-hour) 3D Print?
If I look at a Wifi analyzer on the spot where my printer is it receives about 100+ different (2.4Ghz) Wifi networks. I would not trust the processing power of an ESP01(S) to handle that.
Because it works flawlessly on my Flashforge Finder. Flashprint connects to my Flashforge Printer through wifi. And i sending the gcode through that. I never had something that it was corrupted. There algorithms for that to check if the was upload correctly.
And a printer without wifi is walking with no hands. It works without, but it would be finer to have something like that in 2021/2022.
INNOVATE.....
(my company always pushed alot on innovating, and its a verry succesfull company now. If you dont, you keeping behind with old 90s stuff)
RE: ESP8266MOD Wifi?
I have a few of these boards lying around that I have used for other projects. The wifi has remained very stable for those projects.