Add WIFI to your Prusa Mini for $8!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ธ.ค. 2022
- You can now add Wifi support for your Prusa Mini with this $8 upgrade! Let's go through the setup process!
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ESP8266 Wifi Module for the Prusa Mini
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Prusa Mini Wifi Setup Guide
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Those supports look like vines picking the boat up out of the water 😂 I think they look awesome and I would end up leaving them on!
Looks rad right!
@@UncleJessy did you see that simplify3d released a update recently.
This worked perfectly - good job Jesse!
As far as I am aware all esp32 only support 2.5 wifi. Also, BTT sells a usb and SD module, that supports wifi transfers. It is supposed to only be for their printer, but I have it working on many of mine. It only supports transfers wireless though. You still need to go to the printer and press print.
Still lots of issues with WiFi actually working on a Mini. Lots of people have been lucky enough to get it working, but there are plenty of people where stuff just doesn't work. Got mine sitting 6ft from the wifi router, with a 2.4GHz network specifically for the Mini and no matter what I do, it won't connect. So far have thrown 5 different ESP modules at it that according to the community sourced spreadsheet should be compatible, but it still just won't connect. Even todays 4.4.1-RC1 release fails to connect.
Great step by step!
The ESP range of modules (8266/32) only supports 2.4GHz wifi, so this is a hardware limitation of the modules, rather than something Prusa could fix in software, sadly.
Awesome to know! Thanks
also ESP microcontrollers aren't made for large file transfers, especially the 01 boards
2.4GHz is fast enough for this application, so it's probably fine
@@machi_dev It's fine but for some ISP rented routers, it's just annoying. Some don't split 2.4ghz and 5ghz when you want to connect a device so you have to go into the router, disable 5ghz and then connect. Not favorable but a small price to pay for a much improved quality of life.
It's just 300 kb/s via LAN and 100 kb/s over WiFi because of the SPI protocol used for the ESP MCU. It has nothing do to with the USB drive or SDcard. A bit higher speeds might be realised in future firmware updates. Also, the 2.4 GHz frequency doesn't say anything about the transfer speeds of a wireless network.
Holy crap! That's amazing! For under 10 bucks it modifies my printer in such great ways.
I ended up hard wiring mine vie ethernet but it's super nice to finally be able to remote print without needing OctoPrint or similar! Also, for that dual color purple benchy, what specific PLA was that? Ever since Polyalchemy Elixor stopped making their silk PLA I have had a heck of a time finding a good one. I have tried Matter Hacker, Overture and Polymaker and I can not get a single good print from them without crazy layer lines using their silks.
Thanks, keep up the awesome work!
I just did this as well, with the same ESP8266 board. I can't remember where I read it, but the board is documented to only work on 2.4GHz.
Thanks Jessy. I'm gonna buy one.
I finally got the switch out! I cracked the case and then it came right out!
i be excited to see this with a SLA 3D printer but for a FDM.. this would be very epic to use.. you can set up a print from a friends place or from the office and it can get to work and could be done by the time you get home.. this be great feature to use for the never at home kind of person
Unfortunately I don't think it'll work for SLA printing. That's not how SLA works. And, it'll waste a lot of resin.
I just bought a prusa mk3 do you know if wireless connectivity can be added.
Yup 8 dollars vs the 70+ for a Octopi install... but those hoops... my time is money also... and my other printers... and that interface... It's a good step though, and you're right, it is 2022 - WiFi should be the norm, and a whole lot easier to use, like a first install wizard that get you over the hoops for the first time you get into it... ah well, I'm lucky enough to have a few RAspberry Pis lying around so I'm not moving off Octoprint for a while yet.
WiFi successfully added to my prusa mini, thanks!
Wonder if the chip you buy has anything to do with the 2g / 5g ability? Are there better chips that allow 5g maybe? I don’t myself it’s just a thought while watching… I’ll try it with this example first though, seems easy enough, great tutorial, thanks. 👍🏼
If wifi shuts off mid print will it continue. Is it uploading onto the USB stick?
does this still work for everyone? mine worked for a few weeks and then just don´t. i have reconected it several times, but after a few uses it just cant connect any more. i have a pretty stable 600/600 internet wifi that works just fine for everything else than this. i would not waste my money. but there might be better wifi connectors than the ones prusa sells out there.
Is there a similar option for the Creality Ender 3 Pro?
Does anyone know what filament that Benchy is at 4:13?
I wish this worked for the MK3s, but alas octopi to the rescue… if you can find a pi!
Does this work with mk3s+?
Careful wirh 4.4.0, I found a bug and reported it on the GitHub. For some reason the mesh bed leveling has intermittent drops when returning the results. I use Octoprint and noticed when the results should report back on the terminal, a lot of the time it will be missing values, an entire line (0,1,2 or 3) or there are missing values per line or just plain wrong values. I duplicated this bug with multiple PINDa probes and multiple Buddy boards. If you have issues with your first layer on 4.4.0, that’s probably why. I rolled my firmware back to the latest stable version.
Is there anything like this for the mk3/mk3s?
I'm using the wired option... But it works great for me :) But that's a heck of a bargain so I just picked up some wifi modules 👍
Will it work with other machines?
I have a love hate relationship with my mini. I find to get any good bed adhesion I always have to at 70 or 75 C for bed temp. Otherwise no good prints can be had. My z adjust is at like 1.950
at 1.95 z height, you are near the max of the pinda. I would adjust the pinda to allow you to adjust the z height in the .5 to 1 offset level.
@@jodyc_88 I'll give that a try, thanks.
Can you do the same with an ender v2 ?
is your prusa mini modded in any way besides this?? extruder or others?
This is very cool - wish it worked with the MK3s ... BTW - where did you get your hands on PrusaSlicer 2.6 (organic supports) - I've been dying to play with that feature!
Joe has been tweeting out gcode to test. check twitter
Only took them three years to finally add wifi support.
Pretty sure we’ll never see that power loss recovery they promised though.
would that also works for a mk3s?
i've been using a "flashair" SD card in an old DaVinci for a while now... I'm surprised more people don't.
is it work on prusa mk2s ??????????
esp8266 use wifi via uart. that's why it is slow. good enough for transfer commands but bad for files.
Thanks for explaining… yeah it’s painfully slow for larger files.
mine is still greyed out with no ip even after reboot.
esp8266 and esp32 can only connect to 2.4ghz, they don't have the radio nor antenna for 5ghz.
Wonder if this would work for an Anycubic resin printer
most of them have built in wifi. pretty basic thou
How safe is it to print over night i cant because my house burnt down a few years ago so my dad wont let me or run anything over night
With a Prusa? Very safe. It has thermal runaway protection, nothing to worry about
@@prongATO how about on an ender 3 pro
For everyone wondering why it's so slow. it's not the 2.4Ghz WiFi.... The GCode files are typically small enough for 2.4Ghz to handle with no issue. Plus you're uploading over LAN and not WAN. It's because it's writing the file to the SD/TF Card. OctoPrint does the same thing. Write to the RasPi and it's quick. Write to the SDCard and it takes forever....
It's just 300 kb/s via LAN and 100 kb/s over WiFi because of the SPI protocol used for the ESP MCU. It has nothing do to with the USB drive or SDcard. A bit higher speeds might be realised in future firmware updates. Also, the 2.4 GHz frequency doesn't say anything about the transfer speeds of a wireless network.
03:55 This called organic support?
You forgot me again! Feels bad man
Because of this, do I really NEED a mini? Augh! I cannot make any more printer purchases until the XL arrives and is paid for!! AUGH!!
Too bad my ender 3 v2 doesn't have a cheap wifi option which works well
Actually you could get those esps for as low as 1$ on aliexpress.
Still? And will they actually arrive before we all have grandchildren?
@@3dpprofessor Sometimes they never do, but in most cases a month and you save 7 bucks.
Creality As well - possibly? 0.0
Yo uncle, can we use this chip to get wifi on Elegoo Neptune 3 pro? Please guide!
Print a gundam helmet on a resin 3d printer
Wifi won't help ya with those Prusa mini frustrations you've had in the past though, lol. Good video though.
Hahahaha that is very very true... however there might be a followup soon on some mods I'm about to make to my pretty much stock mini. Fingers crossed will resolve some of the frustrations with bed leveling / clogging
@@UncleJessy I I'm seriously considering adding a micro direct drive. Not removing the Bowden, just running two drives in parallel.
@@jtjames79 currently eyeing the Revo system so I can quickly swap between .4 & .6 nozzles
@@UncleJessy I've also seen a conversion kit to a direct drive using a cable. Basically a flexible shaft drive. That would keep the weight off the gantry, while getting direct drive at the head. Since I got a resin printer too, I don't need a .4 nozzle anymore.
That just gave me a really good idea for Warhammer 40K tank proxies. Make the basic chassis completely plain for FDM printing. With resin panels, and greebles with all the details.
I'm really liking this idea of designing prints using two or more different types of printers.
Even add cardstock to the mix using inkjet, like the old Hero Quest board game, or OG Necromunda terrain. A big annoyance with current terrain is you have to paint all of it... Sometimes I just want to play, not make.
Thanks for the tips, I love your channel.
@@UncleJessy I would love to see if you do make that switch because I’ve been eyeing that mod for sometime now
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Seems like more effort than it's worth
Oh, no. Wifi printing is totally worth it.
@3D Printing Professor I'm probably looking at it from the wrong perspective. My printers are in my garage where my WiFi doesn't reach. On second thought it does seem like a worthwhile upgrade if your printers are within WiFi range.
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serial over wifi is slow as he.... unfortunately.
Removing that power switch is a great opportunity to just relocate the whole dang thing to the front using an extension. Got mine from SquishWorx!