From a24148d5e900b35577505baf15d29fa14dbfbd76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Wackerbarth Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 06:16:49 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Bring it all back Home --- Home.md | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index 24983ba..4caf165 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -1,4 +1,35 @@ -~~http://www.marlinfirmware.org/~~ +# Marlin Firmware # -Copied back to here. -Start at [[Main Page]] \ No newline at end of file +## Applicability ## +The information in this wiki is specific to the [Version 1.1](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin) series of Marlin Releases. +Information pertaining to newer versions of the firmware can be found in the wiki associated with the [Marlin Development Repository](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/MarlinDev). + +## Introduction ## +Marlin is a firmware for 3D printers based on avr-based microprocessors such as those used on the [Arduino](http://arduino.cc) platform. + +This code resides in the PROM on the controller board and controls the input/output, voltage states, and movement of the 3D printer. +Depending on configuration options, the size of the Marlin binary image may be anywhere from 50K to over 200K. + +It supports a huge number of features, such as: + +* Compensation for Bed Position +* Deployment of sensors for bed probing +* Manually, or by Servo, or other programmable mechanisms +* [[Bed Auto Leveling]] -- Compensation for Un-level Beds +* [[Mesh Bed Leveling]] +* [[Manual Bed Leveling]] +* [[Firmware Retraction]] +* [[Thermal Runaway Protection]] +* [[EEPROM]] save and restore +* Thermistors and thermocouples +* [[LCD Controllers]] and [[SD cards]] +* [[Delta_Kinematics|Delta]], [[SCARA_Kinematics|SCARA]], and [[Cartesian_Kinematics|Cartesian]] kinematics +* USB communication +* A rich dialect of [[G-Code in Marlin|G-Code]] +* Up to 4 extruders +* Several [[Supported Hardware|specific boards]] + +## Essential Resources ## + +* [Marlin Development Repository on Github](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/MarlinDev) – Marlin Development Central. Get, and contribute to, the latest development code for Marlin firmware here. +* [Marlin Release Repository on Github](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin) – Get the latest released, or soon to be released, Marlin firmware here.