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GETTING STARTED
Figure 2.7: COM port used by the electronics board
2.1.2
Uploading firmware (Kit package only)
The firmware of your 3D printer is like the operating system of your computer. The Artifex
3D Printer uses a customized Marlin-based firmware.
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For a fully assembled Artifex 3D Printer, its firmware is already loaded before the
shipment. You can skip this section. In the future, if you need to update the firmware
for your Artifex 3D Printer, please follow steps listed in this section.
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For an Artifex 3D Printer kit, after you install the electronics, you need to upload its
firmware.
1. Download the Arduino software
The RAMBo electronics used in your Artifex 3D Printer is an Arduino-compatible con-
trol board. The Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) software will be
installed on your computer to communicate with the printer electronics. The Arduino
IDE software runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and can be downloaded from
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