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Custom Display for Arduino Uno with CNC Shield

Discussion in 'Other Builds' started by Frik Wolff, Jul 19, 2022.

  1. Frik Wolff

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    Goodday all fellow CNC lovers,
    My name is Frik Wolff from South Africa and a newbie in the CNC world
    I've build a small CNC engraver (3018) and it works 100%
    My question now, did any of you know, apart from the standard Openbuild Interface, if someone build a simmilar interface for the Arduino Uno with CNC Shield to display and control the Grbl software?
    Looking forward to responses.
    Frik
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  2. David the swarfer

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    Hiya Frik
    I'd be surprised if such a project does not exist, but I would be surprised if it really works well (-:
    Let me Google...
    some products available, like this
    https://www.amazon.com/Rounter-Offline-Control-Carving-Engraving/dp/B083K155XD
    though it seems a bit cheesy.

    This might satisfy your DIY gland
    GitHub - cguerrero1205/LCD_GRBL: Offline controller for CNC with GRBL 1.1

    I am not finding anything with a graphic LCD like the Interface, you should have ordered one on 4th July with the free shipping (-:

    but maybe a small Windows tablet will do just as well with OBControl on it? Peter has mentioned the tablet he uses a few times.

    ZS6! my father was ZS2AW
    73 DE
     
  3. Frik Wolff

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    Hi David,
    Thanks for the info, I will certainly look it up the $19 +$15 is a bit to much to pay and then not getting the parcel, I am still waiting for a blank pcb from Germany- it is stuck in SA customs for over70 days and still no trace of it.
    Yes, I'm a DIY addict and will only pay for somethind in self defence (-:

    ZS2AW? can't recall the callsign will look it up in my logs maybe I'ved worked him in the past. Is he still alive?( was ZS2AW)
    I am involved in Ham radio since 1970 and love the hobby and electronics!
    Regards
    Frik ZS6FZ
     
  4. David the swarfer

    David the swarfer OpenBuilds Team
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    agree
    He died in 2012 and there is a new holder of the call, a lady in East London.
    Dad was a ham since his school days in the early 1930's. Like him I was a radio operator in the army but never wanted to get a license (university killed any desire to ever write another exam!).
    Instead I use Wifi and fly RC planes.
     

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