Okay, just looked at the X & Y Motors. They're both 5VDC, So that's good. The control panel on the SA3010 is fried. So until I get a new one in, I'll have to find another way to interface the External I/O system without hacking at the cables. Talked to a supplier, they want me to pay $549 for the Engineering Manuals... I don't think so. Looks like I'm gonna be doing it the hard way. That saiby Christopher - Reprappers
There's been some breakthroughs with Swarm Robotics, but its still pretty difficult. Reminds me of the Ghost in the Shell quote... "Over specialize and you breed in weakness."by Christopher - General
I bought the individual PCBs and all the components from Mouser and DigiKey. going to solder everything this week. Hoping to use the Extruder Controller Driver as a Substitute for the Stepper Driver board. You might try your hand a SMT before you rule it out. Its not that hard.by Christopher - Controllers
Larry, I'm still trying to find the technical manuals for the XM 5000. I'll take off the covers next week and look at them directly to see what I can derive from it. Do you think the newesst Extruder Controller would be suitable? Right now I know the I/O Drawer and everything operates on 24VDC. I can still get the robot running using its current servo controller, if I can accomplish that, thby Christopher - Reprappers
@R.J. Bowman - Thanks, yeah, one of my design goals and purposes was to be able to print the really large pieces in one go. @Larry_Pfeffer - Well, all of the axes have two forms of stop switches. hardware and software, built-in to prevent overall damaged, And there is a couple circuit breakers already on the Servo Driver Controller. However, I would like to attempt to bypass the SA3010 allby Christopher - Reprappers
Most of you who linger in IRC have probably seen me brandishing this around lately. My name is Christopher Thomas, and I am a student at Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas currently majoring in Robotics and Automation. I have been given the privilege to use our Seiko D-Tran XM 5000 Cartesian Robot however I want. It started as just a simple PLC controlled project for my class, but I soonby Christopher - Reprappers
Here's a relatively new Paper Prototyper that takes sheets/reems of paper, layers them, and adheres them with glue. Doesn't exactly relate to the topic, but shows that paper CAN be rigid/strong. Now as far as using them for working reliable parts that will be used constantly every day, has yet to be seen.by Christopher - Reprappers
@freds, depends on the fault I suppose. If the extruder blows, or one of the stepper drivers burns up. It should still leave one completely functional machine and all that would be required potentially is to reprogram or alter a few commands. In this scenario I would not have EVERYTHING on one motherboard. The Stepper/Extruder Controllers would still be controlling their each respective parts.by Christopher - General
Ah, thank you both, thats basically what I wanted to know. All this was assuming I would design/build/print my own Sanguino based PCB with the appropriate number of stepper motor driver connections. I'm not necissarily concerned about the software re-write, more on just the possibility of such. IE, can the ATMEGA644P actually support the load?by Christopher - General
Maybe this has been asked, a quick search didn't provide much, but being new to the RepRap process, I was thinking. How many I/Os and pins are being used? And would it be possible to theoretically control more than one RepRap Cartesian bot with one RepRap motherboard? Or is that level of multitasking too complicated for the ATMega644? I would also assume they would have to be as close to identicaby Christopher - General