That includes:
- introduce pulley slow feedrate and fsensor-to-nozzle distance
in config necessary for slowly feeding the filament from fsensor into the nozzle.
(the constant is subject to extraction into some other config as it has to be used in the printer as well).
- update FeedToBondtech accordingly to perform a gentle push into the nozzle
after fsensor detects the filament + update its unit tests.
- slight cleanup of LoadFilament + fix its unit tests
- add FeedingToNozzle progress code, as it might be interesting
to inform the printer about this task in the future
- revert non-clean changes from RetractFromFinda - it should not disengage the idler
- revert incorrect + fix ToolChange
- clean-up UnloadFilament
because of the change of semantics of LoadFilament operation.
LoadFilament pushes the filament into FINDA and then retracts it back just to keep the
filament ready to be grabbed by the idler and pulley and loaded into the printer's nozzle.
So the selector is not blocked by the filament -> filament NOT loaded
Load filament performs feed to FINDA and retract:
- engage idler
- feed normal to FINDA with config::feedToFinda distance until FINDA triggers
- retract normal and as soon FINDA un-triggers move back to PTFE config::cuttingEdgeToFindaMidpoint
- disengage the idler
That implied introducing another substate machine - RetractFromFinda, which does the opposite
of FeedToFinda while also checking for the FINDA switching off while retracting filament.
Still, ToolChange and CutFilament need fixing with this change
This introduces a new #define UNITTEST_MOTION which is used to control
the testing scenario:
- Normal tests, we allow the stub to override the built-in definition.
- For motion tests, we stub the lower-level classes and test the
effective implementation
We also repeat the prototype of the function, which IMHO is more
readable and more flexible: we need to use inline for the real
definition, which would require even more macros otherwise.
If the queue is full and a new move is queued, panic!
Introduce a new error code QUEUE_FULL to help diagnose situations where
the queue is handled improperly: likely one of the state machines not
waiting for the previous actions to finish.
PulseGen::PlanMove returns a boolean if the queue cannot be moved.
We could extend this to Motion::PlanMove, however all moves would then
have to check for this. Having a global check such as this ensures
we never ignore such situation.
Allow to chain moves by adding one extra parameter to the PlanMove[to]
functions: ending speed.
A move will always be accelerated from the last speed towards end ending
speed. The following:
PlanMove(100._mm, 50._mm_s, 50._mm_s);
PlanMove(200._mm, 100._mm_s);
Will first move the axis 100mm, accelerating towards 50mm/s, then
accelerate again to 100mm/s. The move will for then decelerate towards a
full stop after reaching 300mm in total.
Acceleration can be changed for each segment, so that a custom
acceleration curve can be created:
SetAcceleration(10._mm_s2);
PlanMove(100._mm, 50._mm_s, 50._mm_s);
SetAcceleration(100._mm_s2);
PlanMove(100._mm, 50._mm_s, 50._mm_s);
The ending speed might not always be reached, depending on the current
acceleration settings. The new function "Rate()" will return the ending
feedrate of the last move, if necessary.
AbortPlannedMoves accepts a new "halt" parameter to control how moves
will be chanined when interrupting the current move. By default
(halt=true) the move is completely interrupted.
When halt=false is requested, a subsequent move will be chained starting
at the currently aborted velocity. This allows to chain moves in reponse
to events, for example to accelerate the pulley without stopping as soon
as the FINDA is triggered, it's sufficient to interrupt the current move
followed by a new one:
PlanMove(maximum_loading_lenght, slow_feedrate);
... wait for PINDA trigger ...
AbortPlannedMoves(true);
PlanMove(bowden_lenght, fast_feedrate);
will seamlessy continue loading and transition to the fast feedrate.
Jerk control has been simplified. It now handles only the maximal
velocity change of the last segment, which doesn't require reverse
planning.
Add a new parameter "halt" (default to true) to control the stopping
behavior:
- halt=true: no subsequent moves will be planned, motions stops abruptly
- half=false: a new move will be chained after the current one
stepTimerQuantum introduces discretization error, which makes the
acceleration curves noisy.
In rampgen generate ramps for a single moving axis in addition
of two axes moving together.
Then, in test_ramp_gen, test a single axis moving accurately, while
allow for some discretization error when two (or more) axes are running.
Pulley doesn't result in an exact step count due to the fractional
count.result in an exact step count due to the fractional count.
Use Selector instead to test values exacly.
Still check Pulley and Idler, but allowing for a +/-1 step of rounding
error.
The parameter config::AxisConfig::uSteps was supposed to be
microstepping resolution, but it's instead being used as the driver's
MRES directly.
To avoid a runtime conversion, rename the field to mRes and define a new
enum listing all the possible (and valid) microstepping resolutions.
This simplifies the code and makes clear the stepsPerUnit scale.
Assign correct stepsPerUnit to all axes as a result, including working
limits.
D.R.racer
3d-gussner
Alex Voinea
Yuri D'Elia