Control Panel

Control Panel

In this example, we set up a simple UI to control the printer from. With the customizability of user interfaces in p5, you can add custom components to test or experiment with repeated actions. In this example you can manually move the print head to an absolute position or use the buttons to move relatively by the step size. Be sure to home the printhead before trying to send an absolute position!

This can be incorporated into a larger workflow or routine, as in the unconventional calibration example.

let fab;
let bStep, absX, absY, absZ, curPos;

function setup() {
  createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight, WEBGL);
  setupUI();

  fab = createFab(); 
}

function fabDraw() {
  // the 'print' button will manually call fabDraw, if you want to put anything in here
}

function connectPrinter() {
    fab.serial.requestPort();
  }

function bSend(dir) {
  let u = bStep.value();
  fab.setRelativePosition();
  switch(dir) {
    case 'xl':
      fab.moveX(-1*u);
      fab.print();
      break;

    case 'xr':
      fab.moveX(u);
      break;

    case 'yl':
      fab.moveY(-1*u);
      break;
    
    case 'yr':
      fab.moveY(u);
      break;

    case 'u':
      fab.moveZ(u);
      break;

    case 'd':
      fab.moveZ(-1*u);
      break;

    case 'h':
      fab.autoHome();
      break;

    case 'x':
      u = absX.value();
      fab.setAbsolutePosition();
      fab.setERelative();
      fab.moveX(u);
      break;
    
    case 'y':
      u = absY.value();
      fab.setAbsolutePosition();
      fab.setERelative();
      fab.moveY(u);
      break;

    case 'z':
      u  = absZ.value();
      fab.setAbsolutePosition();
      fab.setERelative();
      fab.moveZ(u);
      break;
    }
      
  fab.getPos();
  fab.print();

 curPos.html(fab.reportedPos); 
}

function heatNozzle() {
  fab.setNozzleTemp(200);
  fab.print();
}

function coolNozzle() {
  fab.setNozzleTemp(0);
  fab.print();
}

function sendStop() {
  fab.stopPrint();
  fab.print();
}

function setupUI() {
  /************** CONTROLS UI *************
  * this UI isn't made very well, it's unresponsive!
  * but it demonstrates the idea!
  */
  
  let l = 50; // p5 doesn't grab updated width from css class

  // make buttons & inputs
  let hXY = createElement('h2', 'XY'); // header XY
  let hZ = createElement('h2', 'Z');
  let blx = createButton('👈'); // button-left-x⬆⬆⬇⬇⬅➡⬅➡
  let brx = createButton('👉');
  let bly = createButton('☝️');
  let bry = createButton('👇');
  let buz = createButton('☝️');
  let bdz = createButton('👇');
  let bXYhome = createButton('🏠');
  let bZhome = createButton('🏠');

  // style the buttons
  let buttons = [blx, brx, bly, bry, buz, bdz, bXYhome, bZhome];
  for (const b of buttons) {
    b.addClass('controls');
  }

  // position buttons
  hXY.position(windowWidth/3 + 13, windowHeight/6 - 25);
  bXYhome.position(windowWidth/3, windowHeight/4);
  blx.position(windowWidth/3 - 5*l/4, windowHeight/4);
  brx.position(windowWidth/3 + 5*l/4, windowHeight/4);
  bly.position(windowWidth/3, windowHeight/4 - 5*l/4);
  bry.position(windowWidth/3, windowHeight/4 + 5*l/4);

  hZ.position(2*windowWidth/3 + 20, windowHeight/6 - 25);
  bZhome.position(2 * windowWidth/3, windowHeight/4);
  buz.position(2*windowWidth/3, windowHeight/4 - 5*l/4);
  bdz.position(2*windowWidth/3, windowHeight/4 + 5*l/4);

  // left-side panel
  bStep  = createInput('1');
  bStep.attribute('type', 'number');
  bStep.attribute('step', '0.1');
  bStep.attribute('min', '0');
  let bStepLabel = createElement('label', 'step size (mm)');
  
  bStep.position(windowWidth/7, windowHeight/8);
  bStep.size(40);
  bStepLabel.position(25, windowHeight/8);

  absX = createInput('0');
  absY = createInput('0');
  absZ = createInput('0');
  let bAbsX = createButton('➡️');
  let bAbsY = createButton('➡️');
  let bAbsZ = createButton('➡️');
  let absButtons = [bAbsX, bAbsY, bAbsZ];
  let absPos = [absX, absY, absZ];
  let absLabels = [createElement('label', 'X (mm)'), createElement('label', 'Y (mm)'), createElement('label', 'Z (mm)')];
  // let xLabel = createElement('label', 'X (mm)');

  for (const i of absPos) {
    let idx = absPos.indexOf(i);
    i.attribute('type', 'number');
    i.attribute('step', '10');
    i.attribute('min', '0');
    i.size(40);
    i.position(windowWidth/7, windowHeight/8 + 40*(idx+1));
    absLabels[idx].position(25, windowHeight/8 +40*(idx+1));
    absButtons[idx].addClass('go-button');
    absButtons[idx].position(windowWidth/7 + i.width, windowHeight/8 + 40*(idx) + 20);
  }


  let bConnectPrinter = createButton('Connect!');
  bConnectPrinter.position(80, windowHeight/3 - 20);
  bConnectPrinter.addClass('heat-button');
  bConnectPrinter.mousePressed(connectPrinter);

  let bHeatNozzle = createButton('Heat Nozzle');
  bHeatNozzle.position(20, windowHeight/3 + 30);
  bHeatNozzle.addClass('heat-button');
  bHeatNozzle.mousePressed(heatNozzle);
  

  let bCoolNozzle = createButton('Cool Nozzle');
  bCoolNozzle.position(windowWidth/7 - 30, windowHeight/3 + 30);
  bCoolNozzle.addClass('heat-button');
  bCoolNozzle.mousePressed(coolNozzle);

  let bPrint = createButton('Print!');
  bPrint.addClass('heat-button');
  bPrint.position(80, windowHeight/3 + 80);
  bPrint.mousePressed(fabDraw);


  curPos = createElement('text', 'Current Position: N/A');
  curPos.position(25, 6*windowHeight/8);
  // end left-side panel

  // add button events
  blx.mousePressed(function() { bSend('xl');});
  brx.mousePressed(function() { bSend('xr');});
  bly.mousePressed(function() { bSend('yl');});
  bry.mousePressed(function() { bSend('yr');});
  buz.mousePressed(function() { bSend('u');});
  bdz.mousePressed(function() { bSend('d');});
  bXYhome.mousePressed(function() { bSend('h');});
  bZhome.mousePressed(function() { bSend('h');});
  bAbsX.mousePressed(function() { bSend('x');});
  bAbsY.mousePressed(function() { bSend('y');});
  bAbsZ.mousePressed(function() { bSend('z');});
}

function windowResized() { resizeCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight); }