Ground Control Version 0.84

There were no changes to Ground Control this week.

That hasn't happened in a while!

This version is just a place holder to keep the version number correct

Ground Control Version 0.83

This version of Ground Control adds simulation support for triangular kinematics, and advanced settings options to switch the firmware to triangular kinematics or tune the PID values by hand.

Firmware Version 0.83 requires this version or later to run properly.

Ground Control Version 0.82

This week's version of Ground Control sets the truncating of floating point numbers setting to be off by default which fixes the issue we were seeing last week with random circles being cut, and improves the simulation.

Ground Control Version 0.81

This week's version of Ground Control adds a simulator which will give us more insight into how to better calibrate our machines by showing us how different calibration errors will effect the pattern cut. You can access the new simulator by clicking Actions -> Advanced -> Simulation if you'd like to play with it. The simulator is still a little rough around the edges at this point.

Ground Control Version 0.80

This week's Ground Control version doesn't feature a ton of new changes. This week adds the framework for simulating the machine so we can explore better calibration options, truncates very large decimals sent to the machine and fixes an out of bounds index bug.

Ground Control Version 0.79

This week's Ground Control adds the ability to save not only the file which is opened, but also where on the sheet it is positioned. It also adds dashed lines to distinguish the difference between when the machine is going to cut, and when it is just moving to a new location to begin cutting

Ground Control Version 0.78

This week's release adds a more clear warning message when pyserial version is less than 3.x, adds a stop button to the calibration process, and clarifies some text.

Ground Control Version 0.77

This week's release includes fixes for the calibration issues we were seeing last weeks release, a not yet fully tested fix for the serial bug we were seeing last week, and an new position indicator which shows not only the machine's target position (in white), but also a second indicator which estimates the machine's actual position (in red). Note that when the machine first powers on, it may take several seconds for both of these indicators to align fully while the machine automatically calibrates itself to the weight of the sled

Ground Control Version 0.76

Ground Control Version 0.76!

This version includes improvements to the way gcode is rendered, adds a step to the calibration process which lets you raise or lower the z-axis before cutting the test pattern, and a fix for making the error circle show up again.

Ground Control Version 0.75

This week's Ground Control adds a logger which records information about the machine and Ground Control during each run to make debugging easier, fixes manual z-axis control, displays the firmware and Ground Control versions when the machine connects, and fixes a serial issue which was resulting in lost characters. The fix for the serial issue is a temporary one, as the fix required slowing the rate at which data is sent to the machine.