Firmware

3D Printing Gets a Brain: What Is Klipper?

Kevin O'Connor

original author and current maintainer of Klipper (klipper3d.org). You can support this open source project at ko-fi.com/koconnor or patreon.com/koconnor.

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May 23rd, 2023May 12th, 2023

I wrote Klipper to do something different from what other 3D printer firmware does. Much of the existing software is designed to work within the limits of the tiny computer on the printer’s mainboard — typically referred to as a microcontroller. The software works, but it tends to put as much emphasis on getting things to […]

Estimote Fixes Security Problems with Beacon Firmware

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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