Temperature and humidity sensor for printer location April 12, 2018 03:48PM |
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Trakyan
I believe the Mk3 has an ambient temp thermistor in the electronics enclosure, so it's already got the hardware you're looking for. But why would you want to change the temperature based on ambient? You'll still want to print at the same temperatures, the plastic doesn't care if the room is at 10 C, it'll still melt at the same temperature as if the room was at 30 C. If you mean you want it to heat up faster, what you'll want to do is adjust PID settings (likely to cause overshooting, though), or better yet get a more powerful heater or an enclosure so the heat doesn't escape.
If you want to ramp up the temperature for some reason, it's very easy to do when you slice the gcode. That being said, ramping up the temperature to compensate for a cold room just increases the temperature gradient the part is exposed to and can make warping/delamination worse.