Confused

I purchased the standard clone board. https://www.ebay.com/itm/321974766842

From what I understand this configuration is the gold standard and the Marlin software is meant for it. Just because I think it don't mean it's so. There are many YouTube's out on how to load the Marlin code into this board. I may not have the correct thermistors, but everything else should be there. The board supports all of the IO that I need on the R2. On the bench I should be able to program it, plug my Pi into it and it should think it is a Robo. I will throw in a few switches to emulate the endstops and put on three steppers. If I am able to get that working I would like to get into making sure the thermistor settings are correct. Robo and I use 3950's.

I tried the fixing my old board by patching the three signals to the next driver over. It did not work. When the stepper controller went it must have take out the micro ports. There are no protection diodes for inductive kick on the board.

Since Robo can not supply me a replacement board I have to go this route.

 

Wow, The R2 and is I think identical to the R1 except for size. The limits should be in the Rasberry Pi. I should be able to get the hex code for the R1 and use it.

 

I think I get it, but just to verify. The Pi will send a Gcode "home" command. On the R1 it is in a different location. I have to modify the configuration.h to set the "home" position that the R2 uses. Since it is a "standard" board the normal configuration.h will have all of the IO set up at the correct locations. I need configuration.h for the thermisters and the limits.

 

Much thanks, when I started coding micros in the early 70's it was without compilers. When I retired I was using assembly and C. C ++ should be easy to pick up. Will now sit back and wait.

 

Thanks for all of this info. I will ask Robo for the Configuration.h file on the R2.

 

I got it. The configuration.h links all of the other *.h files. I can not find any way to download them. I must be missing something.

That is great, I see how the *.h files work. What I don't see is how to download those files. I must be missing something

 

Thanks for the link, It has been about 15 years since I worked in C, but that configuration.h file is just a linker to all of the other *.h files. I can manually get them all that way, but it can't be the way every one gets all of those files. It is just to prone to error.

 

Found it. Down load the Gidhub Desktop program. Make a copy of the repository to your local drive. You were right Notepad does not display the files correctly, your link worked like a charm. I inch forward. I really appreciate all of the time you are putting in to assist me.