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(C) Mark Sproul 
[email protected]

If you use this code or have questions, please send me a quick email.

The Makerbot Motherboard v2.4 (MB2) with the Makerbot Interface Board (MIB) are a wonderful 
set of boards. They can be used quite well with regular Arduino projects in addition to the 
Makerbot.

In order to do this, the Arduino pin number definitions are needed and a set of libraries 
to handle the various components is useful.



This code is now on github and includes a complete library with example code to run the 
entire system.

https://github.com/msproul/MakerbotArduino

If you prefer not to use github and just want to download a zip file

http://www.avr-developers.com/makerbot/makerbotGen4.zip


To use this library download it and put it in the libraries folder inside your sketches 
folder. You will be able to use it like any other Arduino library.

Features

    Interrupt driven stepper motor drivers
    Full support for the X, Y, and Z end stops inside the interrupt handler
    Supports all 5 stepper motors
    Easy to use menu system for utilizing the Display board LCD and buttons
    Direct motion and linear motion routines available. Linear means draw a straight 
    line, Direct means axises are independent (linear only in X, Y)

Compatibility:
Since the makerbot motherboard only works with an Arduino mega 1280 or 2560, 
that restriction also applies to this library. It currently does not work on 
the chipkit Max32 board (Arduino compatible pic32) but I am working on support for it.