Very keen to have something like this I have an Anycubic Predator, would like to use Orbiter 2.0 and maybe Pheatus Rapido, this is the same combo I run on my Large corexy 1100mm x 700mm x670mm running Duet 3 6hc, ready to order a smart delta effector as soon as they are ready to ship
Paul

@ravs99 I guess it would be possible to implement torque mode on the 1HCL, by keeping the motor phase currents 90deg ahead of the current position, and controlling the current to give the required torque.

@diamondback updating a main board used as an expansion board over CAN is the last major piece of work to be completed. The code is written but not yet working.

@lbtqsb btw I didn't find you post at all threatening. I had been looking at the BMP280 and BME280 already.

@gwatson90 it's on our list to look at, but not high priority. The response time of the accelerometer would probably be too slow to allow a fast probing speed.

@zapta said in Structured Configuration Language:

XML used to be a hot format, but I think that these days formats such as jASON are more popular because of their simplicity.

It uses curly braces!

Makes me wonder about the mental state of those that devised it. 😉

Frederick

@dc42 Damn, that was not the "the boards are ready to ship tomorrow" answer I hoped for 🙂 For real though thanks for the insights, I appreciate Duet3D being open about this.

I haven't read all the replies so here's my 2 cent.

I like to keep indentation (with TAB) for readability.

There's already the break keyword for IF/ELIF constructs, why not use this generally to end IF statements?
Then end would be exclusively for WHILE-loops.

Putting while loops in start/end code of a slicer could lead to conflicts when a print was cancelled.

@t3p3tony
Agreed.

What’s the ‘commonly available’ point and what’s the tipping point of working on an ‘advanced feature’? Hard questions to answer.

With Oculus Quest at $300 and pushing into the Augmented Reality / Digital Workspace sphere (See the immersed app, it’s really good), I do think it might be getting close. Scales probably won’t fully tip until Apple or Samsung puts out a mainstream device.

I can really get behind a virtual interface from a ‘Digital Workspace’ standpoint, but if you’re not already working in a digital VR environment, it’s easier to just pull up a webpage on whatever you are using.

A mainstream augmented reality device might be entirely different though - I’d totally put on a pair of glasses to access an augmented reality machine interface or have one pop up if I’m already using one.

Realistically, I think we’re 3-10 years out from mainstream AR devices at low cost. VR mainstream could be 1-3 years. Replacing PanelDue / screens / keyboards / mice from a hardware standpoint does sound appealing. It’d need to be rock solid though.

You need to derate by 0.5, leaving you with 3.5 amps. A far cry from the originally promised 10!

@doctrucker said in RepRapFirmware road map Q1 2021:

Is there a dynamic roadmap document that is periodically updated somewhere on the Github? I fully appreciate the complexities of working on projects like this and understand dates move, but perhaps a dynamic document with estimates for the next release date and a confidence level would save mods and Duet staffers fielding the same question repeatedly?

Not yet, but we're working on making our development more transparent after the 3.3 release.