PanelDue future hardware direction
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I am happy with a tethered display such as the existing paneldue which connects directly to the printer's controller without the complexity of adding a full fledge computer (the Pi). As for the power consumption, I think it's insignificant, adding probably less than 0.1% of the cost of the print which is inexpensive anyway.
Improvements I would appreciate:
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Updates via the duet. That is, updating the duet's firmware also updates the paneldue.
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Additional functionality such as a thumbnail with the object's view.
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A more modern UI look and feel.
I am using a 5i that is connected with a 6' serial cable and is not mounted physically to the printer such that I can hold and move it around.
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rPi+DWC with 12864 lcd directly connected might be the best of both - if that is a supported combination?
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@zapta said in PanelDue future hardware direction:
I am happy with a tethered display such as the existing paneldue which connects directly to the printer's controller without the complexity of adding a full fledge computer (the Pi). As for the power consumption, I think it's insignificant, adding probably less than 0.1% of the cost of the print which is inexpensive anyway.
Improvements I would appreciate:Updates via the duet. That is, updating the duet's firmware also updates the paneldue.
Additional functionality such as a thumbnail with the object's view.
A more modern UI look and feel.
I am using a 5i that is connected with a 6' serial cable and is not mounted physically to the printer such that I can hold and move it around.
Updating PanelDue via Duet-Mainboard would totally fit that "non-private" use-scenario because the admin can easier update it without having to plug e.g. a laptop e.g. with usb-cable to the PanelDue. For me would be equally cool to maybe have an update button (doesn´t need to be physical) in PanelDue that reads the necessary data from the sd-card sitting in the slot on the paneldue or something like it
Maybe this thread was too far-fetched
@ any admin: You might just close it...
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@zapta said in PanelDue future hardware direction:
Updates via the duet. That is, updating the duet's firmware also updates the paneldue.
That one has been on the list for a while and I think is getting closer to fruition.
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@bearer did you see that someone used the paneldue serial interface to connect an arduino with an 12864 display? Ideally, someone with more spare time at their disposal than me could think of a smart way of replicating the 12864 menu system from rrf given an arduino or other microcontroller with enough memory for that ...
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@oliof yeah, i saw that, it was pretty basic. afaik there is a sketch that is just the menu from marlin but combining the two could be interesting but I'm not exactly drowning in spare time myself atm.
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tbh a good app for droid/ios would be awesome ... so many crappy old phones/tablets available lying around ... check this out for e.g. https://printoid.net/ .. I use it on some old phones to have a panel for printers with octoprint
rpi screens are expensive, unreliable, die quite often (I have 20+ dead rpi screens of different sizes, from spi, parallel, flat special connector to hdmi, with resistive and capacitive touch sensing that are dead .. I think I have total 2 or 3 rpi screens still working) and are not very versatile as you need to get to them power cable, usb cable and video cable .. those are sometimes super short (like spi or that flat cable) or hard to bend (hdmi) .. on the other hand, old phone will allow you to mount it anywhere on the printer with a power cable nearby (or wireless charging if phone support it) and you can easily pick it up with you if you need to ...
now only to make android/ios app that talks to rrf
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(or wireless charging if phone support it)
external qi receivers are quite inexpensive and slim if thats your cup of tea
now only to make android/ios app that talks to rrf
DueUI might fit the bill if a browser isn't an issue?
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@bearer said in PanelDue future hardware direction:
(or wireless charging if phone support it)
external qi receivers are quite inexpensive and slim if thats your cup of tea
I use them but are not ideal for all situation, they are ugly patch you glue on back of your phone - I do use them on all my printoid phones as none of them support external charging but I kinda hope I'll soon upgrade them to once that support it natively
now only to make android/ios app that talks to rrf
DueUI might fit the bill if a browser isn't an issue?
tried it, but I still believe more could be achieved with the app .. I actually checked dueui for the reason of figuring easy way to make app myself but time constraint is impossible these days so..
