Alternative Firmware for OpenScan Photogrammetry 3D Scanner (openscan.eu)

This project is work in progress. I am looking for help. I started this project because i wanted to help making the firmware more flexible and modular by using a minimal amount of memory. The trade off is that the menu structure changed a lot, compared to the original project. I tried to keep as much of the origanl code as possible.

Requirements

Install the following libraries for Arduino IDE. Go to Sketch -> Include Library -> Manage Libraries The Library Manger opens. Select the Library and press install.

• LiquidCrystal I2C ( Display Library )
• AccelStepper ( Stepper Driver Library )
• JC_Button ( Button Debounce Library )

Configuration

The configuration of the firmware is done in the file configuration.h. There are several self explanatory configuration variables/defines. Most of them are commented. The most importent ones are the MOTHERBOARD and LANGUAGE.

Possible Values for the Baords are:

• BOARD_DEFAULT - Default Board made by Thomas.
• BOARD_FABSCAN_SHIELD - FabScan Arduino Shield with up to 3 Motor Drivers

Posssible Values for the Languages are :

• LANG_DE - german.

Build Sketch

Click on the build icon for compiling. Upload the Sketch to your Board.

Menue Translation

This sketch contains multilinugal support. The differen Languages are defined in language header files. The files do follow the file name pattern lcd_lang_<lang_short>.h. E.g. For english languge lcd_lang_en.h

You can define new language files by adding those files for your language. The best entry will be to copy one of the existing language files. Change the content and rename it to your language. Afterwars open the file lcd_language.h file and add the selection for your language file to the macro.

Choose your language in configuration.h and you are done.

Add custom boards

This sketch is made to support custom board configurations. There are different pin definition files for each supported board. Those files are defined by the following convention pins_YOUR_BOARD_NAME_HERE.h. Best staring point is to copy one of the existing board files and change the pin numbers in the file. Save it like described above. Add your new board definition file to the pin.h board selection macro and you are done.

Menu Structure.

• TODO.

TODO:

see https://github.com/mariolukas/OpenScan-Alternative-Firmware/issues