The Caribou Firmware is based on the Original Prusa Firmware where adjustments are done to support the new design, hardware and electronics. Also new features which aren’t implemented (yet) in Prusa Firmware are available.
Summary
- New community translations
- Added LCD support for äöüß and μ
- SN check fixed
- Changes to on-screen messages
- Known issue (LCD glitches)
- improvements on the build scripts
Prusa firmware uses different commit numbers compared to Caribou:
Caribou 5786 is based on Prusa 4955, but as it has some additional feature the commit number is different.
!!! Please use the right hex files for your Caribou printer, otherwise it may not work properly !!!
You can find the hex files here: https://caribou3d.com/en/content/10-caribou-firmware
Naming of different variants:
BE = Bondtech Extruder with E3d hotend
BM = Bondtech Extruder with Mosquito hotend
BMH = Bondtech Extruder with Mosquito hotend and Slice High Temperature Sensor
BMM = Bondtech Extruder with Mosquito Magnum hotend
BMMH = Bondtech Extruder with Mosquito Magnum hotend and Slice High Temperature Sensor
For more information about changes since Caribou 3.11.0 please read Prusa Firmware Release notes: