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Select the unzipped grbl folder ( not grbl-master!) and click Open. In the Arduino IDE, click on Sketch > Include Library > Add. This is a bit unintuitive: we’ll import the unzipped grbl folder as if it were a zip file. We actually only need the grbl subfolder. Now let’s download Grbl 1.1 from this page:

Delete the grbl directory and restart the Arduino IDE.

Navigate up to the libraries folder, where all Arduino libraries are listed.

Open the folder containing the sketch ( Sketch > Show Sketch Folder):.

There should be a grblUpload example sketch.

Check if Grbl is already installed: in the Arduino IDE, click on File > Examples > grbl.

This is also needed if you want to flash grbl for the Arduino Mega but you have already installed the version for the Uno/Nano/etc.

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If that’s the case, we’ll have to remove it before installing v1.1, otherwise the Arduino IDE will refuse to install a second library with the same name. You may have already installed a previous version of Grbl as a ZIP library. The Arduino IDE allows us to upload Grbl and other programs (“sketches”) to an Arduino. The simplest way is by using the USB port and the Arduino IDE. Installing Grbl is done by flashing an Arduino sketch to our controller. Installing Grbl on Arduino Uno, Nano, etc. Grbl has been ported to other families of microcontrollers, but in this guide we’ll be focusing on the mainstream versions listed above. These are the download links for the Atmega 328p controllers (Arduino Uno, Nano, Micro, and others):Īnd for the Atmega2560 chip (Arduino Mega): If that’s the version you want, the steps listed in this tutorial are the same. Many guides online still link to the older 0.9. The newer 1.1 version is what we want, as it has a number of improvements such in laser control and jogging (making it compatible with Candle v1.2 and Grbl USB pendants with a jog wheel). There are two main versions of Grbl: 0.9 and 1.1. Grbl is also used by the Shapeoko and X-Carve desktop CNC routers among many others. Grbl is free and open source, and Grbl-compatible G-code can be exported by many CAM programs such as Fusion 360, Easel, Carbide Create, and Freecad.

Grbl will take care of the hardware side: sending signals to the motors, toggling the spindle, and a lot more.

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With Grbl, we can use a PC running a G-code sender in order to send commands to our controller in the form of G-code. Grbl is a popular firmware for the Arduino Uno, Nano, or any other controller using the Atmega 328p chip, designed to turn it into a fully capable CNC controller.

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