Documentation

Machines

• RepRap - definition of a 'RepRap' machine
• RepStrap - definition of a 'RepStrap' machine
• RepRap "Darwin" - the current RepRap machine
• RepStrap "Seedling" - an easy to build RepStrap machine

Positioning Systems

• Mechanic System Overview - a comprehensive look at the various positioning systems.
• Darwin's positioning system - this is the positioning system for Darwin.
• McWire Cartesian Bot v1.2 - this is the cartesian bot at the heart of RepStrap "Seedling"

Print Heads

• Toolhead System Overview - a comprehensive look at the various toolheads RepRap supports.
• Thermoplastic Extruder v1.0 - the most current version of our plastic extruder
• Support Extruder v0.1 - our new support material extruder
• Types of Plastic and Printing Materials - all our information on printing materials
• Future Toolhead Ideas - our little place for speculation and brainstorming

Electronics

• Electronics Overview - we've developed 2 sets of electronics
• PIC Based Electronics - older boards (Universal Controller stuff)
• Arduino Based Electronics - newer boards that are very modular

Software

• Sourceforge - this is who hosts our project
• Subversion Repository - instructions on how to publicly access our code

• Host Software
  • RepRap Control Software - The software that makes your RepRap print stuff.
  • LiveCD Instructions - We have a LiveCD which allows you to boot directly into a RepRap environment.
  • Host Controller API - details on how the host software is programmed

• Firmware
  • SNAP Protocol - how RepRap communicates with the electronics.
  • SNAP Commands and Modules - the various commands we have defined for communicating via SNAP.
  • PIC Firmware
    • Overview of the firmware build process
    • Make a JDM Programmer - A simple PIC programmer for bootstrapping a RepRap.
    • PICProgrammer - what you use to program the chips with the firmware
  • Arduino Firmware
    • Arduino Homepage - Arduino is an open source self-programming microprocessor board
    • Generation2Electronics#Program_the_Arduino - Programming the Arduino with our firmware

Developer Documentation

• Already Done List - There is quite a bit already done.
• To Do List - There's still quite a bit left to do.
• Design Hints for Art of Illusion (AoI)
  • Basic Hints for AoI
  • Designing Cog Gears and Cog Gear Trains
  • Designing Involute Profile Gear Pairs
  • Using AoI on Wintel machines
• Hints for using the Stratasys Dimension RP machine
• Style Guide - Keep it pretty =)
• IOBox Networked module that allows simple I/O for quick experimenting
• The RepRap Logo
• RP Orders for the RepRap team
• Making SourceForge Releases
  • Electronics Release Process
  • Firmware Release Process^?
  • Host Software Releases^?
  • Object File Releases^?

Economics

• Reprap Economics - Javascript to estimate costs of Reprap fabrication

Presentations and Talks

Here are the slides (usually in Open Office format) for talks and presentations given by members of the RepRap team at conferences and meetings.

• RepRap poster for use at conferences and exhibitions in OpenOffice format and in pdf format.
• Slides in OpenOffice format for a talk on RepRap given at Dyson in April 2007 by Adrian Bowyer.
• Seminar slides. These are the slides for a seminar on the project given at Bath University on 9 March 2005 by (AdrianBowyer).
• Moving Hardware Through the Wires - these are the slides for the talk on RepRap at the Refelctions | Projections 2006 ACM conference given by (AdrianBowyer).
• And here's a video of Adrian Bowyer's Refelctions | Projections presentation (150MB).
• Based on the above, Vik Olliver's "Printing a penguin" presentation to LinuxConf Australia 2007 (LCA2007) in Sydney, January 2007 in PDF and OpenDocument formats. Also available as cross-platform video (OGG).
• Paper on incorporating electrical conductors into polymer RP objects - Ed Sells & Adrian Bowyer: Directly incorporating electronics into conventional rapid prototypes, Proc. 7th National Conference on Rapid Design, Prototyping & Manufacturing, Centre for Rapid Design and Manufacture, High Wycombe, June 2006.
• "Fabricating a Free World" Presentation for O'Reilly OSCON 2007 by Vik Olliver as PDF and OpenDocument.
• The Open Office slides for Adrian's talk at Pop!Tech in October 2007.

Archived Documentation

Earlier versions of various RepRap documentation preserved here for historical reasons.

• Extruder Mk I
• Rapid Prototyped Electronic Circuits. University of Bath Department of Mechanical Engineering Technical Report 01/04 in .doc format for Microsoft Word or OpenOffice. This is a detailed report on Stage One of the RepRap Project, which is now complete. (EdSells)
• Rapid Prototyping Electronic Circuits: Supplementary Manual in .doc format for Microsoft Word or OpenOffice. (EdSells)
• Report in .doc format: Automatic deposition of molten alloy into a casting channel to create a (very) simple electro-mechanical component (May 2005). This was done on an axis designed for self-replication (EdSells).

ReallyOldStuff

Here you can find stuff from the really early days of RepRap. It's been moved here so the documentation page stays clear and concise.

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