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Raspberry Pi control panel for DuetWifi
PanelPi
Raspberry Pi control panel for DuetWifi
Work In Progress
Releases
Beta 2
28/11/2018 - Beta 2 release!
Releasing latest binary from master branch, include working GCode view and some bug fixes.
Not much development recently, will spend more time on it during Christmas holidays.
Beta 1
08/07/2018 - Beta 1 release!
PanelPi is now in a usable state, however, only printer with XYZ axes and 1 hotend is supported, it was tested on a Core XY setup with a single hotend.
Why PanelPi?
The main motivation of starting this project is I want a control panel for my DuetWifi with a better UI and touchscreen then PanelDue.
How is this better then PanelDue or duet web interface?
- Better UI :)
- Better touch experience with Raspberry Pi's capacitive touchscreen
- No wifi disconnect / javascript issues
How is it worse?
- Long boot up time, RaspberryPi + JavaFX start up time can take from 30 seconds up to a minute.
- It consume more power
PanelPi is not a money saving solution to PanelDue, RaspberryPi + official 7" screen is not much cheaper
Screenshots
Control View
Print Status View
File View
Console View
Setting up Panel Pi
Prerequisite
- Raspberry Pi 3
- Official Raspberry Pi 7" touchscreen
Hardware setup
DuetWifi | RaspberryPi |
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+5v | 5v |
Ground | Ground |
URXD0 | GPIO14 |
UTXD0 | GPIO15 |
The 5v output from the Panel Due port might be a little under voltage, which will trigger RaspPi's under voltage warning, it's better to get power directly from 5v PSU if possible.
Software setup
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Flash RASPBIAN STRETCH Lite to your SD card
- https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
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Setup raspberry pi wifi and ssh
- https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=191252
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SSH into RaspberryPi
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raspi-conf
- memory split - 128mb
- enable serial port
- hostname
- console auto login
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apt-get update/upgrade
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install java
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sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-jdk
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install javafx
- https://lb.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=146098#p1009599
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install wiringpi
- http://wiringpi.com/download-and-install/
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install xorg
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sudo apt install xorg libgtk2.0-0
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Run Panel Pi
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sudo java -Dprism.order=sw -Djava.ext.dirs=/home/pi/jdk1.8.0_92/jre/lib/ext/ -jar panelPi.jar
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TODOs
- Console view - command hint and validation
- Stop mimicking duet web interface and optimise UI for small touchscreen
- Webcam support?
- Multi-hotend/Tool support
- More detailed step-by-step setup instructions
- Splash screen
- Use raspberry pi as a second SD card slot? (Is it possible?)
- improve startup time
- Edit list items in setting
- Developer docs
- Raspberry Pi image for easier setup
- UI for other screen resolutions?
- Port to android?
- Custom CSS
Why JavaFX, Kotlin?
- Easy to mimic duet web interface's look and feel using CSS
- Possibility of porting to android
- Easy to write compact code quickly
Known Issues
- Slider is difficult to use