1.2.1 Issues and future upgrade to 2.0

[Aiph5u (Aiph5u (not affiliated with Onefinity))]

Hey Brian,

@IronCreek

@OnefinityCNC

The next firmware version of the software, 2.0 is a major software revision. What do we mean by ‘major’? Visually, and functionally, it will look and work very much the same as our current firmware (1.2). However, it’s underlying programing is moving to 64bit architecture, which means major, under the hood, work. What does moving to 64 bit mean? In simplified terms, it allows us to change from the current older raspberry pi 3b computer module that’s inside our controller today to the raspberry pi 4 computer module.

What does that mean for all of the current Buildbotics users? Are we stuck with 1.2.1 forever? Or will there be an upgrade path for us, either a new module to put in the controller, or a complete new box?

the Raspberry Pi 3B that is inside the stock Onefinity Controller already has a 64-bit-capable CPU. The outdated Raspberry Pi OS from 2017 that runs on the Onefinity <=1.2.xx SD card images is an image of the 32-bit architecture “armhf” (ARM hard float), but switching to the 64-bit architecture “arm64” will work out of the box since the Raspberry Pi 3B is in fact made for it.

You can check this by taking an empty SD card and writing the most recent Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) to it and boot it on the Raspberry Pi 3B.

As Onefinity states:

@OnefinityCNC

This has a major rebuild that is 64 bit which will work with either RPI3 or RPI4.

So no need for an upgrade path, you will be able to simply install 2.x firmware with a 64-bit OS image when it left beta status on your old Onefinity Controller.

PS: OT: Don’t you know how to use the quote function of this forum? It’s really simple:

@Aiph5u

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Try it out! By using the quote function, not only you get the correct attribution inserted automatically, but the complete posting is available hidden through the little icon on the top right of the quotation!