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Arduino and USB

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Former Member over 10 years ago

Hello,

I have a 3D printer that connect to my PC and that creates a virtual COM port via USB.

I want to be able to plug it to an arduino and communicate with it.

I saw that it exist an USB Host for Arduino but I didn't find a library to do what I want.

Do you have any idea ?

Thanks in advance,

Best regards

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  • Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago +1
    I agree with the others, the USB library running on an UNO will leave no room for other apps anyway so there will certainly not be enough space to drive a 3D printer The U16 chip that does the USB for…
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Workshopshed +1
    Thanks for all those information. My printer (M3D) is not compatible with Octoprint but I'll check the other links.
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  • Workshopshed
    Workshopshed over 10 years ago

    If you do switch to another system that runs Linux then there's always http://octoprint.org/ that pretty much does everything you need.

     

    Here's some articles that might help

    https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_USBHostShield.html

    http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/usb-host-ftdi

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    Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Workshopshed

    Thanks for all those information.

    My printer (M3D) is not compatible with Octoprint but I'll check the other links.

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    Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Workshopshed

    Thanks for all those information.

    My printer (M3D) is not compatible with Octoprint but I'll check the other links.

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