Maslow, holey, madgrizzle firmware - What is the difference?

Software Maslow Firmware
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I am a bit confused. What is the difference between these three firmware versions available from Github? Is one version faster or more accurate than the other?

Inquisitive minds want to know :slight_smile:

marie.o

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All only Arduino Mega

  • Maslow Firware, Original by Bar
  • Holey, a fork that seems to have proven that a different approach on calibration gives better results
  • (here I’m more or less guessing) @madgrizzle the Holey adjusted more for WebControl?

None of the 3 to be used on a Arduino DUE.

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It was my understanding that the madgrizzle firmware variant was designed to have a camera watch the cuts and then do the calibration for you so you didn’t have to measure anything. it was experimental and I don’t know of anyone other than @madgrizzle who used it.

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I remember an optical calibration with camera, yes. Did this end because it was hard to get accurate reference ‘posters’ printed?

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Not really. It was requiring me to spend too much time in the shed to troubleshoot and each measurement iteration took 4+ hours. Got tired with it and moved on to other more interesting things.

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Is it safe to say there is no advantage over the original Maslow firmware, other than calibration? And the Holley firmware having a new working calibration, whereas the idea of the madgrizzle firmware was very cool, it isn’t usable, and it is not actively worked on?

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Holey calibration firmware has new calibration model as well as a new kinematics model that accounts for catenary effects on the chain. The ‘madgrizzle/custom’ firmware shouldn’t be used by anyone. I just never got around to removing it from the software.

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Thanks for the clarification. Cool idea!

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Thank you very much for the heads-up.