Archive for January, 2018

Woodpecker 2.8 GRBL board and ISP connector

In the case you heed to to upgrade the Woodpecker CNC control board, you will have to overcome some issues.

First one, the firmware upgrade via USB is almost(?) impossible, due to the CH340 chip between USB socket and Atmeg328.

Second one, the ISP header IS present on the PCB, but is has 1,27mm (0,05″ or 50 mils) pitch. Usual ISP connectors comes to 2,54 mm (0,1″ or 100 mils) pitch. Read the rest of this entry »

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My GRBL settings for 3018 CNC DIY machine

My settings for 3018 DIY CNC machine with Woodpecker’s control board and GRBL 0.9j.20150930. Note the feed rate and acceleration on axes.

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