List of electronics
This page has a list of all active reprap electronics. It is still a work in progress.
For a list of electronics that compares features, see the Comparison of Electronics page.
For a list of out-of-date electronics, see Deprecated Electronics.
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Community based, tested and supported electronics
4pi
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Name : 4pi |
ARM-based RepRap electronics |
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See Web shop | |
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Generation 7 Electronics
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Name : Generation 7 Electronics |
Gen7 is designed with simplicity and replicability in mind. CPU and stepper drivers are on the same board. The boards can be cut/milled, etched DIY or printed on a RepRap. |
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Details for building are on the Gen7 page. You can download the schematics which are developed using gEDA over at github. You can download them by typing: git clone https://github.com/Traumflug/Generation_7_Electronics.git |
Melzi
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Name : Melzi |
Melzi is a low-cost all-in-one solution for Reprap and other CNC devices. It features an on board Sanguino clone using the ATMEGA644P or ATMEGA1284P. Its four axes are powered by Pololu pin compatible stepper drivers. |
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PiBot for Repetier Motherboard
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Name : PiBot for Repetier Motherboard |
Designed for Repetier and PiBot-box .
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Details are on the [http://www.pibot.com |
RAMPS
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Name : RAMPS |
Arduino MEGA based modular RepRap electronics.
RAMPS has become the most popular, most used RepRap electronics from 2012 up until the present date (february 2015). It shares circuitry concepts (stepper driver, thermistor, heater MOSFETs, etc.) with many other electronics. Also note that the price of both the RAMPS board and the Arduino Mega 2560 as well as the Pololu drivers has been driven down by copycat manufacturers in China (warning: the quality of clone parts can vary a lot from manufacturer to manufacturer and even between lots from the same manufacturer). |
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Sanguinololu
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Name : Sanguinololu |
Sanguinololu is a low-cost all-in-one Pololu Electronics solution for Reprap and other CNC devices. It features an onboard Sanguino clone using the ATMEGA644P though a ATMEGA1284 is easily dropped in. Its four axes are powered by Pololu pin compatible stepper drivers. |
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Smoothieboard
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Name : SmoothieBoard |
ARM-based RepRap electronics |
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Duet
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Name : Duet |
Arduino Due compatible ARM-based RepRap electronics |
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SAV_MKI
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Name : SAV MKI |
The SAV MkI is an affordable all-in-one Pololu Electronics solution for 3D printer devices. This 3D printer board electronics has been designed using all the great contributions and feedback from the RepRap CloneWars group Proyecto_Clone_Wars in Spain.
It improves upon the previous production-grade electronics set by adding well dimensioned logic-level power MOSFETS, SD card support, on-board regulated 3.3V to connect to 3.3V level peripherals such us Bluetooth, as well as improving on USB link's reliability and reducing cost by eliminating the FTDI UART chip. The SAV MkI is a derivative of Teensylu and the Printrboard, an AT90USB1286 development board originally based on Sanguinololu. The Atmel AT90USB1286 MCU has an on-chip USB, removing the need for the FTDI UART (USB-to-serial) IC. On-chip USB means that you will get faster firmware upload times, communications, g-code transfer and reduce the time file transfers take from the host to the on-board microSD card. The AT90USB connects at any baud rate regardless of firmware configuration, and operates virtually free of serial communication errors/pauses. |
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Replicape
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Name : Replicape |
Replicape is a high end add on board for BeagleBone Black featuring 5 DRV8825 stepper motor controllers, 3 heater MosFets, 3 fans and 6 endstops. |
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Available through the web shop: [http://www.thing-printer.com/product/replicape/ | |
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See the RepRap wiki Replicape |
RAMPS derivatives
Megatronics
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Name : Megatronics |
Arduino compatible RepRap electronics |
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Two other RAMPS derivatives exist :
3Drag controller
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Name : 3drag controller |
Arduino compatible RepRap electronics |
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Commercial alternatives
R2C2 Electronics
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Name : R2C2 |
R2C2 is FAST (ARM 32bits running at 100MHz!), is the new cutting edge technology that drives RepRap 3D printers at their maximum speed!!!
Please read more on the official web page: www.3DPrinting-R2C2.com |
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R2C2 firmware is a mix of the famous GRBL and TeaCup firmwares. Latest stable firmware binary file can be download here and is ready to flash using R2C2 USB bootloader. R2C2 firmware sources are on R2C2 Firmware Github. | |
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The quick and easy to install R2C2 complete electronics kit for RepRap 3D Printers can be found here. | |
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R2C2 Electronics documentation, support and shop on official site: www.3DPrinting-R2C2.com
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CN Controls
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Name : CN Controls |
Arduino MEGA and Due shield for cnc machines
User interface with graphic LCD, encoder and hardware buttons Toolcontrollers |
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The CN Controls is a general mainboard for all types of CNC machines. It is a Arduino MEGA and Due compatible shield, powered over 24VDC The only active components are 5 FET`s, and a normal SD reader (none of that pesky microSD)
The tool "enable, direction and step" outputs can be switched to parrallel to accomodate mass production printing. license=CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 with waiver. | |
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The firmware for CN Controls is Marlin. | |
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You can get the CN Controls at: MaukCC | |
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All documentation, support is at: MaukCC |
Generation 6
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Name : Generation 6 |
Gen6 electronics do not appear to be related to the original GenX designs other than by name. This is a single-board surface-mount design with the CPU and driver chips on the same board. |
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Buy from http://www.3dacessorieshub.com/, http://www.reprap-usa.com/, http://www.makemendel.com and http://www.mendel-parts.com although mendel-parts.com looks like they've been out of stock since June 2011. | |
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This seems to be almost a proprietary board. If there is active development going on with these electronics I can't find it. All development seems to have stopped back in October 2010. Documentation is on the Generation 6 Electronics page. The only schematics available appear to be in zip files here. Here are some links to zip files containing modified firmwares: There does not appear to be a source code repository for schematics or firmware anywhere. Because the board uses Texas Instruments DRV8811 driver chips instead of the more common Allegro A4983-based (a.k.a. Pololu) drivers, you have to use modified versions of the more popular firmwares. That fact, in combination with the poor availability of source, does not bode well for DIY users. |
Generation 4
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Name : Generation 4 |
These electronics are used for the Makerbot. They consist of an Arduino Mega shield (aka the "motherboard") and a few other boards for the stepper drivers. |
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For sale on Makerbot website at http://store.makerbot.com/electronics/assembled-electronics.html | |
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BIG NOTE: The days for the links below are numbered. Makerbot will probably take them down soon because they have gone proprietary. I have no idea how the designs below were licensed but if they were licensed using a GPL-like licence, they'll have to provide links to changes somewhere. Gen4 electronics consists of at least 5 separate circuit boards: the arduino shield (motherboard), 3 stepper boards and 1 extruder board. For detailed information and source code see the following links: |
Further reading
If you have some knowledge of electronics and want to help us make better electronics, check out the ideas at Vaporware Electronics, FuturePlans, FutureToolIdeas, FirmwareWishList, Alternative Electronics, ideas to place