Semi-Smart; Advanced

Semi-Smart Advanced is a minimally invasive upgrade, which can be done on ALL Semi-Smart boards available to date. It just replaces the smaller OLED for a new, larger one, and the classic arduino nano with the stronger Arduino Nano R4. This not only brings about 8 times the storage and 16 times the power for firmware, but also allows for more complex calculations and communication, and a very exciting menu-based navigation structure!.

Advanced vs. Classic, in list-form

Advanced brings several big improvements to Semi-Smart

• The new SSH1107 OLED display offers

  • 56% larger display size allows for the visualisation of much more data

  • twice as much pixels gives more details in text and menus

• The new Arduino R4 offers;

  • 16 times the memory compared to the classic Nano

  • 4 times as high clock speed 

  • 8 times as much storage in the eeprom and Flash memory

• This allows the firmware to include;

  • A whole new menu-based structure

  • Automatic PID tuning of the heater

  • New heating state visualisation

  • Saving of Filament heating presets

  • LED strip control directly thru the display

  • A whole on-screen settings menu to adjust heating parameters

  • A vastly more complex safety system

  • More intuitive navigation with press & hold navigation

  • Full sensor readouts

  • Fine-Tuning of the Fans and cycle periods

  • Languages selection

Ofcourse the setup still retains;

• Controlled filament chamber heating with targeted humidity and temperature levels (switchable via buttons on COREBOXX, gcode or printer display)

• Gcode controlled RGB led lighting

• 3 spare Prusa GPIO/ hackerboard pins

• MMU easy-disconnect port

• Easy to connect, no soldering required

• Safe heating and temperature monitoring with double fuse system

 What do you need to do?

As said, the upgrade is minimally invasive, just;

3D print;
- A new version of the Heater and HMI

Purchase;
- Arduino Nano R4
- SSH1107 display
- KSD9700 16A 70C

The digital building manual can be found here

Online, an interactive UI can be found here

The installers for Semi-Smart Advanced firmware can be found here