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Revision as of 21:19, 8 October 2012
What is GRBL?
"Grbl is a free, open source, high performance CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on a straight Arduino."
Dank GRBL Get this one by downloading the zip file and extracting its contents into a folder of your choosing
Flash GRBL onto Arduino Uno in Windows
Use the uploader to upload the GRBL hex file into the Arduino Uno
Modify GRBL Files for enabling GRBL flashing to Arduino board on Linux
Tests
Ubuntu 12.04 - Success
Ubuntu 10.04 - Success
Software Requirements
Make sure you have RUBY by "sudo apt-get install ruby"
Make sure you have avrdude by "sudo apt-get install avrdude"
Steps
- Navigate to the GRBL folder
- Open "Makefile" in gedit
- Edit the PROGRAMMER line as:
PROGRAMMER = -c stk500v1 -P /dev/ttyACM0 -b 115200
Flashing GRBL to the Arduino in Linux
- Open Terminal and navigate to the GRBL folder (ex. by using the "ls" and "cd" commands)
- In Terminal, type:
sudo make clean
- In Terminal, type:
sudo make
- Connect the Arduino Uno to the computer via USB cable
- In Terminal, type:
sudo make flash
- Disconnect the Arduino Uno