flipper-bambu

flipper-bambu

NFC parser for Bambu Lab filament spool RFID tags on Flipper Zero.

Features

• Parses Bambu Lab spool RFID tags
• Shows material type and detailed variant (e.g., PLA Basic, PLA Matte)
• Displays filament code and color name
• Production date information
• Shows physical properties: weight, diameter, spool width, filament length
• Temperature settings: hotend min/max, drying temp/hours
• Works with stock firmware (no custom flash needed)

Watch the demo video on YouTube.

Installation

1. Download bambu_parser.fal from the Releases page
2. Copy to Flipper Zero SD card: /ext/apps_data/nfc/plugins/. You can write to the card directly or via qFlipper
3. Disconnect USB (see the note under Usage), then restart the NFC app.

Usage

1. Scan a Bambu Lab spool with the NFC app (or load a saved dump)
   • You can skip the key matching step on the next screen once the Bambu tag is read. This step is not needed.
2. The “Bambu Lab Spool” section will appear showing:
   • Material type and detailed variant
   • Filament code and color name
   • Production date
   • Temperature settings (hotend min/max, drying temp/hours)
   • Physical properties (weight, diameter, spool width, length)

Unplug USB before scanning. With a USB host session attached — qFlipper especially — the NFC app can exhaust the heap mid-read and the Flipper reboots with “Out of memory”. See #3.

Build from Source

There are two build paths, and both produce the same release-mode dist/bambu_parser.fal.

Note for contributors: both paths are release builds, so furi_assert compiles to nothing in every artifact this repo ships. It is gated on #ifdef FURI_DEBUG (furi/core/check.h:77), and only DEBUG=1 builds define FURI_DEBUG. Do not read NDEBUG as the signal — fbt defines it in every configuration, DEBUG=1 included. Use furi_check, or an explicit if, for any invariant that has to hold in production — an assert will not survive into the released .fal.

ufbt — fast, recommended

Builds against the Flipper SDK that ufbt downloads for you. No firmware submodule, no firmware toolchain, a build takes seconds. Use this for day-to-day work on the plugin.

1. Clone the repository (no --recursive needed) and install ufbt:

   git clone https://github.com/uzyn/flipper-bambu.git
   cd flipper-bambu
   pip install --upgrade ufbt
   

2. Build the plugin:

   make ufbt-build
   

   Output: dist/bambu_parser.fal

3. Deploy straight to a connected Flipper Zero:

   make ufbt-deploy
   

   This writes /ext/apps_data/nfc/plugins/bambu_parser.fal. Restart the NFC app to load it. If you have more than one serial device attached, pass the port explicitly: make ufbt-deploy FLIPPER_PORT=/dev/cu.usbmodemflip_XXXXXXXX

fbt — full firmware tree

Builds inside a checkout of flipperzero-firmware (a ~500 MB submodule plus its toolchain). Use this when you need to change firmware code alongside the plugin, or to reproduce a release build exactly. This is what CI uses to produce the released artifact.

1. Clone the repository with submodules:

   git clone --recursive https://github.com/uzyn/flipper-bambu.git
   cd flipper-bambu
   

   If you have already cloned the repository, run git submodule update --init --recursive instead.

2. Build the plugin:

   make build
   

   Output: dist/bambu_parser.fal

3. Copy dist/bambu_parser.fal to Flipper Zero SD card: /ext/apps_data/nfc/plugins/

Running Tests

make test

Credits

• Filament database sourced from queengooborg/Bambu-Lab-RFID-Library
• Tag format research from Bambu-Research-Group/RFID-Tag-Guide

License

GPL-3.0 ⋅ U-Zyn Chua https://uzyn.com