3D PRINTERING: adding A web interface WHERE THERE WAS NONE before

[Renzo Mischianti] got himself a Chinese 3D printer, specifically a FlyingBear Ghost 5. (Cracking name, huh?) He was much more than a little irritated with the fact that whilst the controller, an MKS Robin Nano, did have a integrated Wi-FI module, it offered no browser-based interface for monitoring as well as control purposes. This seemed a bit short-sighted in this day as well as age, to say the least. Not being whatsoever pleased with that situation, [Renzo] proceeded to write dedicated Wi-Fi firmware using websockets, but not without fully documenting his journey in a comprehensive series of the blog posts.

The resulting BeePrint web interface supports all the typical functions you would expect when managing a printer, everything from monitoring warm-up at the prep stage, to keeping tabs on the potential spaghetti monster through the connected IP camera. All good stuff. [Renzo] used an ESP32-cam, which is a inexpensive 2 MP unit from our friends at Olimex, however we suspect it wouldn’t vastly challenging to add your own IP cam into the mix.

[Renzo] has a YT channel detailing quite a few other projects, which is certainly worth some seeing time in our opinion.

We’ve been covering 3D printer hacking because the dinosaurs were roaming. This is the oldest, as well as still one of the strangest, messages that we might find in a quick search. any individual care to find something older?