How good is a sub ?100 3d printer ?

[curious aardvark]

double checked board and it's got the atmega 1280 chip - so I'm going to do this: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2284225
fingers crossed lol

Weeellllll.
The printer is currently configured at 250000 baud rate. The highest ide will go is 115200.
So that's not working at all.
Can't change baud rate unless I can get ide to talk to the printer, which it apparently won't do until I've updated it and changed the baudrate.
Is everyone sure microsoft didn't have a hand in writing this ide stuff ??

Currently trying to do it through the marlin configurator.

Nope that don't work either :-(


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currently using ide 1.85.
managed to set correct baud, and processor. Loaded the modified firmware.
Just compiled it and now about to see how easy it is to brick a printer........

Apparently not that easy.
Didn't work: avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x93

Well that looks like it's probably an 250000 baudrate issue.
okay think i need to get the printer closer to the pc and use a shorter usb cable.
lol it'll have to sit on the knp - wonder what sort of babies they'd make :-)

Nope that didn't work either.
Marlin is really starting to piss me off.

well looks like arduino ide is somehow the culprit.
Just compiled and tried a repetier upload. That won't upload either.
The ide serial monitor shows the printer is talking to the ide software.
Just won't upload any firmware.