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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)
- 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
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 [[File:DocumentationMain-poster.odg and in pdf format.|thumb]]
- [[File:DocumentationMain-reprap.odp in OpenOffice format for a talk on RepRap given at Dyson in April 2007 by Adrian Bowyer.|thumb]]
- Seminar slides. These are the slides for a seminar on the project given at Bath University on 9 March 2005 by (AdrianBowyer).
- 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).|thumb]]
- Paper on [[File:DocumentationMain-sells-bowyer.doc 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.|thumb]]
- "Fabricating a Free World" Presentation for O'Reilly OSCON 2007 by Vik Olliver as [[PDF and OpenDocument.|thumb]]
- The [[File:DocumentationMain-reprap-short.odp for Adrian's talk at Pop!Tech in October 2007.|thumb]]
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.