How to Reinstall Octoprint
Octoprint is a great application and usually just keeps on running. I have been running it on three different printers now for about 6 years. The other day I tried to upgrade Octoprint from 1.7.x to 1.8.7 and it didn’t […]
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Installing OctoDash
OctoDash is a very clean and simple interface for OctoPrint. If you run OctoPrint on a Raspberry Pi with a small LCD or TFT screen attached then you really should give OctoDash a try. It is designed from the start […]
Updating OctoDash
There are a number of ways to easily update OctoDash. You can update from a script, manually, or (as over Version 2.x) you can update right from the OctoDash application.
Checking the Raspberry Pi CPU or GPU Temperature
The Raspberry Pi has a few temperature sensors built in. One of the most important is in the GPU. This is because the Raspberry Pi will start throttling back it’s processing power if the temperature start getting close to 80deg […]
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Clear Systemd Journal Logs
Is your system running out of disk space and you don’t know where it all went. It might be systemd. Systemd creates Journal Logs that can add up quickly. Here is the information to trim them down.
Easily add Debug Messages in Arduino Code
I use the Arduino IDE for almost all of my microcontroller coding. It is a simple editor without a great debugger built in. This means that for most of us, we start putting in a lot of print statements just […]
Raspberry Pi: Waveshare 4inch LCD Display Setup
I love working with different Raspberry Pi screens. This time I purchased a 4 inch LCD display off of amazon for one of my Raspberry Pi projects. The Waveshare 4 inch LCD Touch Screen has a resolution of 480×320 and […]
Raspberry Pi: 4inch HDMI Display Setup
I purchased a cheap 4 inch HDMI LCD display off of amazon for one of my Raspberry Pi projects. The Miuzei 4 inch Display-C LCD Touch Screen has a resolution of 800×480, came with a fan, mounting hardware, and the […]
Camera support in OctoPi 1.0.0
After installing the latest version of OctoPi I was stumped as to why my camera wasn’t working. I have a Raspberry Pi V2.1 Camera connected up to a Raspberry Pi 4 and it was working on my old OctoPi. After […]
OctoPi Upgrade to Python 3
OctoPrint is an excellent control system for almost any 3D printer. If you are looking for a way to network your 3D printer and give it a nice web interface, look no further than OctoPrint. OctoPi is a Raspberry Pi […]