BL Bento Box Controller

The BL Bento Box Controller is an ESP8266 based device that connects to your Bambulab X1,X1C,P1P Or P1S and controls the Bento Box strip on the state of the printer.

Features

• Connects to Bambulab X1, X1C, P1P, or P1S
• Controls relay for use with Bento Box filter based on printer state
  • Bento Box is enabled during:
    • Bed heating: Distribute bed heat for increasing chamber temps for ABS
    • Nozzle heating and wiping: Generates high particulates during purging
    • Printing
    • After prints or cancellations/failures, the Bento Box will continue to run for 5 minutes to filter the remaining air

Components

• Uses this type of ESP01S relay board commonly found on Aliexpress
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• ESP01 non S is not recommended as per this article
  • https://arduinodiy.wordpress.com/2018/07/05/simple-wifi-relay-board-3/

Setup Instructions

• Install Platformio in VsCode with platform Espressif8266 ESP01-1M
• Head to Platformio tab
• Head to D1 project task
• Enter ESP01S into Bootloader mode before plugging in following:
  • https://makeradvisor.com/esp8266-esp-01-usb-serial-programmer/
• Build Filesystem Image and Upload Filesystem Image
• Build and Upload under General
• Head to https://dutchdevelop.com/blled-configuration-setup/ to finish setup

License

The BLBentoController is released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Credits

Ray160: Lead Programmer
DutchDeveloper: Inspiration for foundation of the code
xps3riments: Inspiration for foundation of the code

Author

This project was created by Ray160 with original code by DutchDeveloper.