Fun discovery of the day: PrusaSlicer (at least for the Mini) actually _enforces_ the machine limits by emitting appropriate G-code when slicing. Among other things, this means that if you want, say, higher accelerations, you can just request them.
This is probably because the Mini can't save anything to EEPROM, which means any change to presets requires a firmware upgrade.
@Stark9837 @3dprinting Here's the funny thing: it absolutely does, you just can't write to it. Prusa's firmware builds disable the Marlin build flag that permits this. If you use a firmware build with this enabled, you can save no problem.
The reason you can't just fix this yourself is because Prusa's firmware is signed, and without a physical mod to the board, you can't flash anything whose signature won't match.
Sounds like it is about time we fork it and make firmware and changes that it needs that the community can update their printers. #Opensource off course.
@Stark9837 @3dprinting Someone already did that: https://github.com/matthewlloyd/Llama-Mini-Firmware#readme
Unfortunately, this isn't an optimal solution because
1. It's not maintained and is quite behind now; and
2. You can't flash it anyway unless you want to physically modify the board.
However, in principle, I totally agree. Prusa's recent 'commitment' to open source feels like empty words.
Whay physical changes to the board do you need to make? Also, does it void the warranty and restrict you from returning to the original firmware?
@Stark9837 @3dprinting Yes, this will void the warranty, but won't restrict you from returning to original firmware.
The change is described here: https://help.prusa3d.com/article/flashing-custom-firmware-mini_14
Thanks, I'll check it out. It kinda sucks because on my #Creality, I can easily jump between firmwares, no problem at all, and no one will ever know, on inspection of the printer if I resturn to stock firmware.
It actually comes down to quality control and reputation. Every time I look at an #Apple #iPhone or #Mac, I think: damn that looks great, and it is so attractive. Also, users alway enjoy their experience.
Looking at all these #Linux subsytems and #Android setups, I sometimes look at an Android phone and think: WTF is going on here?
By limiting the user to always have a product that can still advertise itself and carry the promised quality through to word-of-mouth of other viewrs and users, you build a reputation.
Similar to #Bambu.
A good example is to look at the mod-ability of the #Ender3 and then search for it on #Reddit and r/3dprinting. It is the printer with the most problem. While r/prusa and r/bambu are just full of praise.
The opposite is, of course, true for the #Creality #K1, where they just delivered a shitty and broken system-locked printer.
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