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Re: 1mx1m hot plate? April 24, 2016 12:59AM |
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I had to scrap the gantry style system due to after a week the bolts would loosen up and that caused wobble. ....
But I should have it finished with photos in a few days, or at most a week.
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Re: 1mx1m hot plate? June 20, 2016 11:51AM |
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Already have. But it does not compensate me for the hours of time wasting on reconnecting the boards... I have never in my life remembered exactly how to rewire something so many times
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I dont think you read my posts, but I never had these issues before... Im not going to spend $100 on a single board when I can get it for $5....
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Again, the issue is not that the board has not been tested, or that the board is broken in some way, but rather manufacturers are using less powerful components.
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And what is your favorite controller board? And what advantages does it have over a regular ramps1.4 board?
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Re: 1mx1m hot plate? June 21, 2016 12:06AM |
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Let me rehash things a little....
It seems that we need (more or less)
1. An adequate 5V power supply
2. Fast transport of Gcode from a host computer to the printer.
3. Stepper drivers that are adequately cooled.
4. Software-settable stepper motor current (although I think this more a nice-to-have than must-have)
5. Easy upgrade to newer firmware (and therefore settings in EEPROM rather than hard-coded into firmware).
6. 24V compatibility, although 12V is adequate for small stuff.
7. Precise step pulse timing. Extruder pressure advance?
8. Web interface, accessible via WiFi/Ethernet.
9. Easy to write good, reliable firmware.
You can achieve all of that with dc42's new board, which is nice, but $150.
If you consider a Raspberry Pi to be part of your printer, you can achieve most of that with (e.g.) a RPi3 and Octoprint and Mega2560+RAMPS+8255 drivers for about $100, including cables and wall warts and stuff like that.
A couple of other things that *I* would like:
10. Modular rather than monolithic construction. In the extreme, that would be a little single-chip (8-bit?, 4-bit?, FPGA?) controller for each stepper, with a smarter controller synchronizing them all. The stepper controllers would be on the same board as their respective driver electronics.
11. Easy to add more steppers (e.g. Diamond hotend)
12. Easy to add more inputs/outputs (filament motion sensor, filament thickness sensor, smoke detector, lights, fans, cameras, etc)
13. An easy scripting language (or maybe Python or similar) to hook all these things together.
14. Internet notifications (email, IM), visibility and controllability (and therefore security)
Re: 1mx1m hot plate? June 21, 2016 07:51AM |
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I shouldn't be surprised that people are prepared to pay $10 for a controller then spend 10's of hours making it work or getting multiple return/refund cycles when an initial outlay on a more modern board (any 32 bit board) may have saved time and effort. This drive to save every cent with the cheapest capital outlay is not in any way unique to this hobby
I for one would rather spend the $$ upfront and be printing things but I understand not everyone has the money to do this.