Prusa MK2E firmware: PINDA temperature compensation on MK2 printers

This is firmware adds autocalibration of the pinda probe with temperature compensation to MK2 printers. The only hardware upgrade required is a PINDA probe with a temperature sensor, or you can add one to your existing PINDA probe externally.

See the wiki guide for more information.

Instructions for compiling are given below. Or you can upload the precompiled hex file using Slic3r PE or the prusa firmware updater program which can be found on the prusa website under the downloads and drivers section.

Printers with this mod can be given the E signifier, ie, MK2E or MK2SE.

1. Development environment preparation

1. install "Arduino Software IDE" for your preferred operating system
   https://www.arduino.cc -> Software->Downloads
   it is strongly recommended to use older version "1.6.9", by which we can assure correct compilation results
   note: in versions 1.7.x and 1.8.x there are known some C/C++ compilator disasters, which disallow correct source code compilation (you can obtain "... internal compiler error: in extract_insn, at ..." error message, for example); we are not able to affect this situation afraid
   note: in the case of persistent compilation problems, check the version of the currently used C/C++ compiler (GCC) - should be 4.8.1; version can be verified by entering the command
   avr-gcc --version
   if you are not sure where the file is placed (depends on how "Arduino Software IDE" was installed), you can use the search feature within the file system
   note: name collision for "LiquidCrystal" library known from previous versions is now obsolete (so there is no need to delete or rename original file/-s)

2. add (UltiMachine) RAMBo board into the list of Arduino target boards
   File->Preferences->Settings
   into text field "Additional Boards Manager URLs"
   type location
   "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ultimachine/ArduinoAddons/master/package_ultimachine_index.json"
   or you can 'manually' modify the item
   "boardsmanager.additional.urls=....."
   at the file "preferences.txt" (this parameter allows you to write a comma-separated list of addresses)
   note: you can find location of this file on your disk by following way:
   File->Preferences->Settings ("More preferences can be edited in file ...")
   than do it
   Tools->Board->BoardsManager
   from viewed list select an item "RAMBo" (will probably be labeled as "RepRap Arduino-compatible Mother Board (RAMBo) by UltiMachine"
   note: select this item for any variant of board used in printers 'Prusa i3 MKx', that is for RAMBo-mini x.y and EINSy x.y to
   'clicking' the item will display the installation button; select choice "1.0.1" from the list(last known version as of the date of issue of this document)
   (after installation, the item is labeled as "INSTALLED" and can then be used for target board selection)

3. modify platform.txt to enable float printf support: "compiler.c.elf.flags=-w -Os -Wl,-u,vfprintf -lprintf_flt -lm -Wl,--gc-sections"

2. Source code compilation

place the source codes corresponding to your printer model obtained from the repository into the selected directory on your disk
https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware/
in the subdirectory "Firmware/variants/" select the configuration file (.h) corresponding to your printer model, make copy named "Configuration_prusa.h" (or make simple renaming) and copy them into "Firmware/" directory

run "Arduino IDE"; select the file "Firmware.ino" from the subdirectory "Firmware/" at the location, where you placed the source codes
File->Open
make the desired code customizations; all changes are on your own risk!

select the target board "RAMBo"
Tools->Board->RAMBo
note: it is not possible to use any of the variants "Arduino Mega …", even though it is the same MCU

run the compilation
Sketch->Verify/Compile

upload the result code into the connected printer
Sketch->Upload

or you can also save the output code to the file (in so called HEX-format) "Firmware.ino.rambo.hex":
Sketch->ExportCompiledBinary
and then upload it to the printer using the program "FirmwareUpdater"
note: this file is created in the directory "Firmware/"

3. Automated tests

Prerequisites

c++11 compiler e.g. g++ 6.3.1

cmake

build system - ninja or gnu make

Building

Create folder where you want to build tests.

Example:

cd ..

mkdir Prusa-Firmware-test

Generate build scripts in target folder.

Example:

cd Prusa-Firmware-test

cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Ninja" ../Prusa-Firmware

or for DEBUG build:

cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Ninja" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../Prusa-Firmware

Build it.

Example:

ninja

Runing

./tests