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Re: How do we both encourage RepRap mutations and stay focussed? October 25, 2011 06:43AM |
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On bus communication:
Using USB for the communicaion between a PC and a RepRap is ok, but for internal communication you'd probably want to use something more lightweight, e.g. like 1 Wire [en.wikipedia.org] or I2C [en.wikipedia.org].
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On model formats:
Engineering concerns are top priority, it's easier to get good looking models from a format focused on making the parts represented than it is manufacturing parts from a format that is optimised for good looks.
If you're going for a html based representation, may I suggest xml [en.wikipedia.org] ? It has the advantages of being designed to store arbitrary data, is quite easy to parse, is readable for humans and can be extended relatively easy.
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On documentation:
The documentation of the project is like most other foss projects: outstanding in many parts, but lacking in others.
It would probably be good to review each article and mark articles with tags specifying the work needed, e.g. stub, lacking sources, needs more diagrams/images/pylons/whatever, in development, e.t.c.... like 'the other wiki' does.
Some articles are hard to find by wiki walking (e.g. allmost all in [reprap.org]) and there is a general lack in overview.
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On Eiffel:
I have mixed feelings about Eiffel. Although the goals are worthwhile, there's not enough info available yet.
It would be nice if there was a split between Eiffel and [post mendel], the first being the project going for innovative, while the later would strife for cheapness.
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Re: How do we both encourage RepRap mutations and stay focussed? October 25, 2011 06:50AM |
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Eiffel is a proposal for a post-Mendel RepRap, which will function as a 3D printer, and as a CNC_Router.
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Re: How do we both encourage RepRap mutations and stay focussed? October 26, 2011 02:50AM |
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Why so many nuts and bolts, for example? Why has nobody else even just replaced them with cheap woodscrews?
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While using minimal plastic to make kits cheaply has its benefits, the cost is then pushed on to the buyer in other ways. The buyer then has to purchase more vitamin parts to connect the sparse plastic parts together. Plastic is cheap, folks; try to eliminate the fiddly bits.
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Why so many nuts and bolts, for example? Why has nobody else even just replaced them with cheap woodscrews?
While using minimal plastic to make kits cheaply has its benefits, the cost is then pushed on to the buyer in other ways. The buyer then has to purchase more vitamin parts to connect the sparse plastic parts together. Plastic is cheap, folks; try to eliminate the fiddly bits.
All we can do is encourage things in the right direction. We must not get stuck in the mindset where we view a RepRap as a desktop-sized thing that runs GenX and squirts plastic. People want a range of products, from little machines working miraculously in metal to big ones squirting concrete. We need to publish a "Good Design Guide" to preserve the collective wisdom rather than nail down one or two machines as being gospel.
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Re: How do we both encourage RepRap mutations and stay focussed? October 27, 2011 06:54AM |
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Hint : in French tongue and language are the same word ("langue").
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Is Eiffel not the semi-official successor of Mendel?
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