https://reprap.org/mediawiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=WikiSysop&feedformat=atomRepRap - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T15:48:56ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Wildseyed&diff=34034User:Wildseyed2011-05-18T17:56:22Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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*[[Wildseyed Simple Hot End]]</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Ramps&diff=27748Ramps2011-02-01T03:00:52Z<p>WikiSysop: turned verbal redirect note into real #redirect.</p>
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<div>#redirect [[RAMPS]]</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Merlinjim&diff=27740User talk:Merlinjim2011-01-31T21:56:39Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>[[Special:Log/delete|I nuked that spam-page]]. Thank you for having a go at it. Have you joined [http://reprap.org/pipermail/reprap-dev/ reprap-dev] yet? It's compulsory since you're an official developer. :D <br />
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--[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 21:47, 31 January 2011 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Merlinjim&diff=27739User talk:Merlinjim2011-01-31T21:47:53Z<p>WikiSysop: Created page with 'I nuked that spam-page. Thank you for having a go at it. Have you joined [http://reprap.org/pipermail/reprap-dev/ reprap-dev] yet? It's compulsory since y…'</p>
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<div>[[Special:Log/delete|I nuked that spam-page]]. Thank you for having a go at it. Have you joined [http://reprap.org/pipermail/reprap-dev/ reprap-dev] yet? It's compulsory since you're an official developer. :D <br />
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--[[User:WikiSysop|WikiSysop]] 21:47, 31 January 2011 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=RUG/UK&diff=27592RUG/UK2011-01-29T07:54:26Z<p>WikiSysop: this might be spam.</p>
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=Please Log In and Edit=<br />
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=Meetings=<br />
To be determined.<br />
[[Category:RUG]]<br />
[[Category:United Kingdom RUG]]<br />
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=People=<br />
*[[User:Ablainey|Ablainey]] Hi guys!..........just me then ;o)<br />
*[[User:Bodgeit|Bodgeit]] Then there were two... ;-)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Big_Mendel&diff=27588Big Mendel2011-01-29T07:29:57Z<p>WikiSysop: Created page with 'the one User:rbritt is doing is close to 1m per side.. so that makes it about 860mm from the bottom to top...'</p>
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<div>the one [[User:rbritt]] is doing is close to 1m per side.. so that makes it about 860mm from the bottom to top...</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=ABS_Glue&diff=27430ABS Glue2011-01-27T23:34:22Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>ABS Glue: You buy it at the hardware store in the aisle that has all the big black ABS pipe. :). It glues ABS stuff together.<br />
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[[Category:Thermoplastic]]</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Gert_Joergensen&diff=27203User:Gert Joergensen2011-01-23T10:04:30Z<p>WikiSysop: Created page with '=Contributions= *MegaMendel =Location='</p>
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*[[MegaMendel]]<br />
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=Location=</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Talk:RepRap&diff=27201Talk:RepRap2011-01-23T08:10:26Z<p>WikiSysop: Reverted edits by Meganag (Talk) to last revision by DavidCary</p>
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<div>==Editing the Main Page==<br />
If you would like to improve the main page please use [[Main Page/Sandbox]] to try your changes and leave a message on a sysop's talk page when it's ready for review (unless the sandbox is in use.. creating a sandbox under your username works fine also if you don't want your stuff messed with as much)<br />
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--[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 05:48, 29 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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I would take out the space used for Darwin, as Darwin is not the current stable machine, and it can confuse new users. I would place there instead a feed aggregation for new objects on Thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/rss/newest -- Thingiverse is also a great show room for the pieces designed and printed :-)<br />
-- [[User:Casainho|Casainho]]<br />
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: OK, I edited the [[Main Page/Sandbox]] proposal so it no longer mentions Darwin, and instead mentions more relevant things. Feel free to make further improvements. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 02:47, 11 December 2010 (UTC)<br />
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I think there needs to be some sort of general 'getting started' or 'RepRap Basics' link on the navigation menu. I keep finding stuff in the forums or blogs that i don't have any obvious place to put. This new category would be a place for all the non-machine-specific info, like the glossary, an introduction to 3d modeling and printing, and general techniques and tips like how to solder or how to use a lathe.<br />
--[[User:Buback|Buback]]<br />
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: Could you tag pages like [[Glossary]] with [[:category:reference]]? --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 02:47, 11 December 2010 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Kymberlyaandrus&diff=26894User:Kymberlyaandrus2011-01-17T06:34:52Z<p>WikiSysop: /* Contributions */</p>
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<div>=Contact=<br />
*http://www.techzonecom.com/contact.php<br />
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=Entrepreneurship=<br />
* http://www.techzonecom.com/<br />
* http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?94,42247<br />
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=Contributions=<br />
* [[LaserCut_Mendel]]<br />
* [[Generation_3_Electronics/Tech_Zone_Remix]]<br />
* [[Monotronics]]</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=RUG/Idaho&diff=26887RUG/Idaho2011-01-17T03:43:28Z<p>WikiSysop: /* Members */</p>
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=Please Log In and Edit=<br />
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=Meetings=<br />
Regular meetings and general gettings together are held lately at the Reuseum, where one of two known [[Mendel]] Repraps resides in Idaho.<br />
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==Location==<br />
RepRap [[Map]] link.<br />
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==Time==<br />
Informally Saturday nights at 6-10pm. Meetings will be announced two weeks in advance.<br />
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=Regional Robotics Groups & Events=<br />
* First Robotics Competition, First Lego League.<br />
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* Boise Robotics Group (BoRG)<br />
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=Keyword searches to help you find Geek Groups Meetups=<br />
(keywords: your town, artist-run center, artbot, barcamp, dorkbot, experimental media, ham radio, linux, arduino, blender, circuit bending, RC aircraft, rocketry, cnc, etc.)<br />
This will require a few google searches, where you enter your town and one of the keywords above into the following string:<br />
"Your Town" keyword (meetup OR meeting OR group OR club OR society OR workshop OR hobby)<br />
[dorkbot.org]<br />
[www.arduino.cc]<br />
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* [http://boisecodecamp.com/ Boise Code Camp]: All things code and programming, open source and physical computing useually get the much coveted "wow" factor.<br />
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* [http://www.boisebotcompetition.org/ Boise 'Bot Competition]: Annual creative robotics demonstrations, sumo tournaments, and exhibitions from local hobbyists, professionals and n00bs. <br />
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* [http://www.reuseum.com/ Reuseum]: Local surplus store emphasizing second tier recycling and creativity with scientific and industrial surplus. Reuseum hosts workshops, hack nights and open houses on all things DIY and tinker friendly.<br />
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*[http://scidaho.org/index.php Discovery Center of Idaho]: Educational and Scientific epicenter for anyone with a sense of wonder. DCI routinely hosts classes and events having to do with all things science. DCI also hosts the Boise Robotics Group and the Boise Bot Competition.<br />
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*[http://www.techhelp.org/ BSU TechHelp]: BSU student access to laser and SLA machines. Open to the public by appointment.<br />
*[http://www.tripoliidaho.org/ Tripoli Rocketry club] : Community rocketry and science club, coordinating launches, classes, meetings and workshops.<br />
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=Official RepRap Suppliers=<br />
*http://dev.forums.reprap.org/index.php?93<br />
*[[Suppliers]]<br />
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=Local Resource & Supply=<br />
Local shops may be better or worse than buying from online retailers. This depends on your local shops and what you're getting. Stepper motors you'll want to get online, steel rod - perhaps not. Fasteners, it depends. You may want to check your yellow pages to look these up, as opposed to online. In Idaho, and in particular Boise, as we built our first machines we applied a locavoric attitude to many things and found some items like discount bearings, hardware and electronics vitamins available in the community. It became something like a treasure hunt, and several local businesses have even agreed to keep kits for builders in search of pieces to make progress on our printers.<br />
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Thick sheet and RP parts by commissiom are available locally from Idaho RUG users, as well as users on the Reprap forums and IRC.<br />
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=Members=<br />
*[[User:FrankNeon]]<br />
*[[User:CidVilas]]<br />
*[[User:FireBellyToad]]<br />
*<br />
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[[Category:RUG]]<br />
[[Category:US RUG]]</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Reprap-Dev-Guidelines&diff=26886Reprap-Dev-Guidelines2011-01-17T02:59:11Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>Welcome to reprap-dev, RepRap's officially technical-but-friendly<br />
mailing list for all you officially technical-but-friendly people out there!<br />
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Guidelines: hmmm ... please be nice to one another! :D<br />
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This list is for technical-type-development.<br />
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If you're looking for technical support (and don't have a patch<br />
or a well-defined bug report), try us in:<br />
http://lists.reprap.org/pipermail/reprap-users/<br />
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Likewise, philosophical blue-sky discussion of<br />
self-reproduction and<br />
http://reprap.org/wiki/Wealth_Without_Money<br />
should probably go in reprap-users. (So that we can focus on<br />
making it happen.) Likewise, juicy gossip about our suppliers or<br />
"meta"-development issues about how, where, why, or if we are<br />
organized.<br />
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And, speaking of "where", if you're interested in helping us<br />
build a documentation system that's even more fun to use, try:<br />
http://lists.reprap.org/mailman/listinfo/library-gnomes<br />
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=EDIT=<br />
We need to work on "Tone", that is, sense of community in reprap-dev=<br />
If you think something is "off-topic" for reprap-dev, the best way to deal with it is to very<br />
gently bounce it to an existing mailing list which is on-topic for that subject. Email one of the more senior folk<br />
who will gladly do up a new mailing list for you or the new topic.<br />
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We need to keep the list friendly so that we have a chance to be welcoming when someone parachutes in with <br />
a new machine idea. <br />
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=EDIT: We need to make this actually welcoming in tone.=<br />
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Guidelines for reprap-dev@lists.reprap.org<br />
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TOPIC:<br />
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Reprap-dev is for the discussion of actual Reprap development work --<br />
things people are doing to improve Reprap.<br />
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ON TOPIC:<br />
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Discussion of modifications made to any aspect of Reprap machines<br />
(bot, electronics, firmware, host software, extruders, etc.) and how<br />
much difference they make is welcomed.<br />
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Discussion of a new unique replicating machine design you are<br />
currently implementing is welcomed.<br />
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Discussion of improvements to Reprap infrastructure (forums, lists,<br />
wiki, version control system, ...) is currently OK, but if it becomes<br />
a large fraction of total list traffic, it may be better to discuss<br />
this elsewhere.<br />
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Discussion of development work on Reprap-related items such as pellet<br />
extruders or new slicing software is OK, as long as it does not become<br />
a large fraction of total list traffic.<br />
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OFF TOPIC:<br />
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Discussion of how to build an existing released Reprap machine, or<br />
problems encountered while trying to build one, is better done in<br />
reprap-users, unless it is clear that the issue affects several<br />
Reprappers and requires some sort of redesign.<br />
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Discussion of long term philosophical ideas is better done in<br />
reprap-users.<br />
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Discussion of these guidelines, or whether certain posts meet them or<br />
not, is MUCH better done by email to the list owners,<br />
reprap-dev-owner@lists.reprap.org.<br />
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Advertisements for commercial products or services, even if<br />
reprap-related, are inappropriate here.<br />
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SUBJECT:<br />
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the topic of your message.<br />
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Please do not reply to part of a message digest without rewriting<br />
the subject line.<br />
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QUOTING:<br />
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necessary to provide context. The list is archived, there is no need<br />
to quote entire messages. <br />
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Please do not top post, leaving the entire original message below your<br />
response. This is hard to read logically.<br />
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TONE:<br />
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Questioning or attacking ideas is OK. Attacking people is not.<br />
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Please remain civil even if upset or strongly disagreeing with a post.<br />
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ARCHIVES:<br />
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reprap-dev is archived at http://lists.reprap.org/pipermail/reprap-dev/<br />
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This archive is public.<br />
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QUESTIONS:<br />
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Questions about whether something is on topic, or meets these<br />
guidelines, should be addressed only to the list owners, at<br />
reprap-dev-owner@lists.reprap.org , and should not be posted to the<br />
list itself.<br />
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Jonathan Marsden<br />
jonathan@reprap.org<br />
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*[[GunStrap]]<br />
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[http://capolight.wordpress.com Build blog]<br />
Location: Melbourne, Australia</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Rapatan&diff=24493User:Rapatan2010-12-02T10:21:05Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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*[[MetalicaRap]]<br />
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Blog http://rapatan-rapatan.blogspot.com/</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Kludgineer&diff=24492User:Kludgineer2010-12-02T09:41:08Z<p>WikiSysop: /* Biogrphical */</p>
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*[[Kludgebot]]<br />
*<br />
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Mike Payson = Kludgineer = <maxbots> via reprap irc?</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=ZornStrap&diff=24491ZornStrap2010-12-02T09:27:39Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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|status = pre alpha<br />
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|description = Repstrap developed by members of L! Zornstein at University of Leoben, Austria<br />
|license = GPL v2<br />
|author = rkoeppl<br />
|reprap = Sui Generis<br />
|categories = [[Category:T-Slot|T-Slot]][[T-Slot]]<br />
|cadModel = none<br />
|url = none<br />
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[[Zornstrap-Deutsch]] is a great place for documentation too!!! --[[User:WikiSysop|WikiSysop]] 08:55, 2 December 2010 (UTC) <br />
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The ZornStrap is a repstrap based on [[Mendel]] electronics and prefabricated components and extruded aluminium. The Goal is to get a working system within a short period of time, capable of the same accuracy as the original Mendel, but with much larger build volume. It will be used to print mendel parts and other components, but should also a a later stage be able to do milling and drilling jobs.<br />
The name is inspired by the "Sudetendeutsch Akademische Landsmannschaft Zornstrein zu Leoben", a students fraternity at the university. All current team members are members of that fraternity, but the team is of course open for all that want to join in.<br />
The team members consists of students of the following studies<br />
* [[User:Rkoeppl|Rkoeppl]]<br />
* a material scientist/metallurgist<br />
* another material scientist who studied technical mathematics for a year befor switching studies<br />
* a mechanical engineer<br />
* a polymer scientist<br />
* a mining engineer who studied robotics for a year befor switching studies<br />
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=Simultux=<br />
The [http://simultux.koeppl-it.at/ Simultux project] aims at improving our overall skill and improving the acceptance of open source solutions with our colleagues. It will also be a valuable extension to a linux Distribution designed for CAD/CAE similar to CAE-Linux, that we are currently developing. It is currently only available in [[RUG/Germany|German]].<br />
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=Todo=<br />
* Add CAD drawings<br />
* Add full description<br />
* Add list of parts<br />
* Build machine<br />
* Add pictures<br />
* [[ZornStrap|ZornStrap-Deutsch]] en->de translation</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=ZornStrap&diff=24490ZornStrap2010-12-02T08:55:06Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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{{Development<br />
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|name = ZornStrap<br />
|status = pre alpha<br />
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|image = rustygears.jpeg<br />
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|description = Repstrap developed by members of L! Zornstein at University of Leoben, Austria<br />
|license = GPL v2<br />
|author = rkoeppl<br />
|reprap = Sui Generis<br />
|categories = [[Category:T-Slot|T-Slot]][[T-Slot]]<br />
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[[Zornstrap-Deutsch]] is a great place for documentation too!!! --[[User:WikiSysop|WikiSysop]] 08:55, 2 December 2010 (UTC) <br />
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The ZornStrap is a repstrap based on [[Mendel]] electronics and prefabricated components and extruded aluminium. The Goal is to get a working system within a short period of time, capable of the same accuracy as the original Mendel, but with much larger build volume. It will be used to print mendel parts and other components, but should also a a later stage be able to do milling and drilling jobs.<br />
The name is inspired by the "Sudetendeutsch Akademische Landsmannschaft Zornstrein zu Leoben", a students fraternity at the university. All current team members are members of that fraternity, but the team is of course open for all that want to join in.<br />
The team members consists of students of the following studies<br />
* [[User:Rkoeppl|Rkoeppl]]<br />
* a material scientist/metallurgist<br />
* another material scientist who studied technical mathematics for a year befor switching studies<br />
* a mechanical engineer<br />
* a polymer scientist<br />
* a mining engineer who studied robotics for a year befor switching studies<br />
The project aims at improving our overall skill and improving the acceptance of open source solutions with our colleagues. It will also be a valuable extension to a linux Distribution designed for CAD/CAE similar to CAE-Linux, that we are currently developing. A link to the project page will be added <s>later</s> very soon, however it is currently only available in German. (Which is great, because RepRap has lots of Deutsch-speakers.<br />
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=Todo=<br />
* Add CAD drawings<br />
* Add full description<br />
* Add list of parts<br />
* Build machine<br />
* Add pictures<br />
* [[ZornStrap|ZornStrap-Deutsch]] en->de translation</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Enemy_Delta_Bot&diff=24489Enemy Delta Bot2010-12-02T08:51:03Z<p>WikiSysop: Created page with '{{Development:Stub}} These are good resources for creating wiki pages. Very Messy Example and Columbus --Sebastien Bailard 07:23, 10 Septe…'</p>
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These are good resources for creating wiki pages.<br />
[[Very Messy Example]] and [[Columbus]] <br />
--[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 07:23, 10 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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{{Development<br />
|name = Example Development<br />
|description = documenting a generic tool/artpiece<br />
|license = [[GPL]]<br />
|author = Example_User<br />
|reprap = Sui Generis<br />
|categories = [[:Category:Examples|Examples]][[Category:Examples]],[[:Category:Has Files|Has Files]][[Category:Has Files]],[[:Category:Files Missing|Files Missing]][[Category:Files Missing]], [[:Category:Needs Render|Needs Render]][[Category:Needs Render|Needs Render]]<br />
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Please edit this and click the links to put in your own files!<br />
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! DESCRIPTION<br />
! AVAILABLE FORMATS<br />
! CREATED/RESERVED BY<br />
|-<br />
| Your-File-Name<br />
| SOLID MODEL ASSEMBLY<br />
| These are CAD files for the Solid Model Assembly<br />
| [[media:enemy_delta_bot_solid_model.xml.zip|.xml.zip]], [[media:enemy_delta_bot_solid_model.stl.zip|.stl.zip]]<br />
| [[User:Example User|--Example User]] 12:00, Today's Date 20xx (UTC)<br />
|-<br />
| Your-File-Name<br />
| CAD FILES FOR PARTS<br />
| These are CAD files for each part.<br />
| [[media:enemy_delta_bot_many_parts.zip|.xml.zip]], [[media:enemy_delta_bot_many_parts.stl.zip|.stl.zip]]<br />
| [[User:Example User|--Example User]] 12:00, Today's Date 20xx (UTC)<br />
|-<br />
| Your-File-Name<br />
| EVEN MORE FILES<br />
| These are are even more files.<br />
| [[media:enemy_delta_bot_even_more_files.zip|.xml.zip]], [[media:enemy_delta_bot_even_more_files.stl.zip|.stl.zip]]<br />
| [[User:Example User|--Example User]] 12:00, Today's Date 20xx (UTC)|-<br />
|-<br />
|- style="background-color:#FFFF00"<br />
| Your-File-Name <br />
|SOLID MODEL ASSEMBLY<br />
|This is the final finished machine<br />
|N/A<br />
|[[User:Example User|--Example User]] 12:00, Tomorrow's Date, 20xx (UTC)<br />
|}<br />
Please edit this and click the links to put in your own files! --[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 08:34, 10 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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=Bill of Materials/Parts List=<br />
*<br />
<br />
=More Examples=<br />
*[[Flickr Example]]<br />
*[[Video Example]]<br />
*[[Very Messy Example]]</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Rkoeppl&diff=24488User:Rkoeppl2010-12-02T08:44:59Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>=Contributions=<br />
*[[ZornStrap]]<br />
*[[ZornStrap-Deutsch]]</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=SpaceXULAUnion&diff=24191SpaceXULAUnion2010-11-26T04:38:24Z<p>WikiSysop: Reverted edits by TyButterfield (Talk) to last revision by Spacexula</p>
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<div>SpaceXULA's [[RepRapUnion]] provides Mini Mendels for those groups that promise to help spread RepRap, or Wades Extruders and Prinstruders for those groups that have a RepStrap, but need an extruder.<br />
<br />
At this time the Fees are:<br />
<br />
$100 Mini Mendel (Current Version as http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3581 ($50 back if you replace within a month)<br />
<br />
$30 Prinstruder II http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1980 ($15 back if you replace within a month)<br />
<br />
$40 Wades Extruder http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3069 ($20 back if you replace within a month)<br />
<br />
=The Terms=<br />
-To receive parts you must have Hackerspace (Don't have a Hackerspace? Start one, but you must have local partners for me to send you parts) with multiple members. (And have some way to confirm this to SpaceXULA's satisfaction).<br />
<br />
-You must promise to form a bank once you have an operating RepRap.<br />
<br />
-You must pay a deposit before parts are sent.<br />
<br />
=The Benefits=<br />
-SpaceXULA promises to support you though to completion of your project, you are getting a relationship. You get the parts, and if you need more parts because you break them, or the design changes before you can get your own printer operational, he will provide them.<br />
<br />
-If SpaceXULA receives a set of parts back from you within 1 month of the day you receive the parts, he will PayPal back to you 1/2 the cost of the part to you.<br />
<br />
=Membership=<br />
==Applicants==<br />
Put your user name here<br />
==Memebers==<br />
Groups Accepted as members<br />
==Spawned Banks==<br />
Once you have your RepRap up and running, this where SpaceXULA get's to show off :)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=23193MediaWiki:Sidebar2010-11-08T20:29:18Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>{{merge|Build a reprap}}<br />
<br />
=Community?=<br />
People are more important than tools. First check to see if you have a local [[RUG| RepRap User Group]]. Ideally, they may allow you to borrow a set of [[Mendel]] parts, as part of the [[Loaner Program]]. Or they'll be happy to sell you a set.<br />
<br />
=Already have a RepRap? Excellent!=<br />
If you have a RepRap, like [[Mendel]], print a set of parts and build a RepRap. This is the ideal case. But if you are reading this, you don't have a RepRap yet. :D<br />
<br />
=For Sale Forum=<br />
If you'd like to buy a set of parts, and you don't have a local [[RUG]], try the [http://dev.forums.reprap.org/list.php?94 For Sale] Forums.<br />
<br />
=Table Saw=<br />
If you have a table saw, build a [[WolfStrap-English|WolfStrap]]. You can also build a [[Wooden_Mendel]] but it is more complicated and a less elegant use of wood.<br />
<br />
=Milling Machine=<br />
If you have a milling machine, you could build a [[Metal_Mendel]]. but you're better off building a WolfStrap out of aluminum.<br />
<br />
Or better, build a [[ORE-Bot]]. This may require metal-lathe operations, and Guy, ORE-Bot's designer, cheerfully says that it's a lot of work.<br />
<br />
=Drill Press=<br />
Build an [[Eiffel]]. And then add a Bill of Materials to the page.<br />
<br />
=No Drill Press?=<br />
Build an [[Eiffel]], but use pre-drilled square steel tubing. And then add a Bill of Materials to the page.<br />
<br />
=Laser Cutter=<br />
If you have a [[Laser Cutter]], build a [[:Category:LaserCut | LaserCut]] RepRap or a [[Pirated_CupCake | Pirated_CupCake]]. Many local shops which make and engrave trophies, desk ornaments, etc., have moved to Laser Cutters. Many local universities have laser cutters in their art/architecture/engineering/design departments.<br />
<br />
=Large CNC Router=<br />
If you have a large [[CNC Router]], build an [[Isaac]].<br />
(The Isaac is currently the best-documented [[FlatPack]] RepStrap design so far.)<br />
<br />
=Large Pile of Money=<br />
If you have a large pile of money, use a commercial 3D printer to print off a set of [[Mendel]] parts.</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Template:MultiDevelopment&diff=23116Template:MultiDevelopment2010-11-06T00:56:42Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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This Page Contains [[:Category:MultiDevelopment|multiple RepRap development projects]] and should be split up. Each individual project/design/improvement should have its own [[:Category:Development|development page]] within an encompassing category.<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Template]]</noinclude></div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Generation_8_Electronics&diff=22663Generation 8 Electronics2010-10-28T08:01:58Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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<div>{{Development:Stub}}<br />
<br />
{{Development<br />
|name = Generation 8 Electronics<br />
|description = Generation 8 Electronics<br />
|license = [[GPL]]<br />
|author = Chris Parkinson<br />
|reprap = Sui Generis<br />
|categories = [[:Category:Electronics|Electronics]][[Category:Electronics]],[[:Category:Has Files|Has Files]][[Category:Has Files]],[[:Category:Files Missing|Files Missing]][[Category:Files Missing]]<br />
}} <br />
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This is a fun candidate for the Generation 8 Electronics. --[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 08:01, 28 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
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| SOLID MODEL ASSEMBLY<br />
| These are CAD files for the Solid Model Assembly<br />
| [[media:generation_8_solid_model.xml.zip|.xml.zip]], [[media:generation_8_solid_model.stl.zip|.stl.zip]]<br />
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Please edit this and click the links to put in your own files! --[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 08:34, 10 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
[[Category:Files Missing]] <!--delete this line ([[Category:Files Missing]])once files are up. ---><br />
<br />
A couple of things here. The TI part aside Allegro is still much better. My background is an electronics designer. First thing of note is capacitor decoupling. This is important and most designers leave them out because they are the most expensive parts. If you want these parts to work they must be decoupled especially at the motor bus side at each chip. The inductance of the long leads can build up harmonic noise that creates rough travel. The other issue is heat. These components have Mosfets built into them. At 1 or 2 amps they dump a lot of heat. This needs properly laid out boards with ample ground plane to dissipate that heat. 3 amps takes a rather large heat sink, 2 amps a smaller heat sink, 1 amp the large areas of copper on a 2 oz board.<br />
<br />
That 2 oz requirement. This is motor technology and we are starting to drive these at 2 amps anything over an amp needs 2 oz boards. Lastly Allegro has it all worked out with 16 step technology the motors run cooler because of a rough sine wave. 32 steps is over kill.<br />
<br />
So going back to Allegro, the biggest deals of space on the board are ample copper , decoupling at the IC with 100uF for the low frequency bypass (that squeal you hear is basically low frequency to the computer world), and no one board with everything on it. Proper motor board layout is decoupling of the motor outputs to the control IC. May not be a big deal to everyone, but I want long life out of these motors and drive circuitry. I agree the motherboard needs a refit. I like the idea of ready to plug and play and the USB port integrated. Maybe a daughter card arrangement that way you smoke the output card you keep the expensive part, the motherboard.<br />
<br />
With all of that I have designed up a single motor controller board. I am toying with putting on the extruder circuits here but want to keep the costs low and non standard boards cost more. Right now it is all three X,Y,Z outputs with opto interfaces. The connectors are standard Molex no miniature connectors where the crimping tool cost $500. The signal connector is 12 pin. I have added in a reset that resets all motors back to zero at start up. This is done on-board with a simple timer. No big deal simply wait 10 seconds for the power supplies to settle, with the pin low the motors go to their home positions, the timer after 10 seconds takes the pin high and the step and direction functions are as they exist right now.<br />
<br />
I will sell these for what they cost in parts. I am not interested in making a profit only that the electronics gets simpler and is cost effective. My goal is under $90 and a goal to include the extruder circuit on this board too with heater bed capacity (all power electronics on one board). The stepper motor chip is the Allego 4983 and will already be soldered to the board as this component is tough to solder but it has the ball technology under its belly that makes for the proper heat transfer to take place (this is very important). Whatever I can get the components at, can get the boards made up to my specs at, a minute of my time to wave solder the chips in place, and any taxes or fees are needed by third parties and viola a circuit that should work for many moons to come. Needs 12 volts at 10 amps max capacity to run. If the heater is included that will be a different voltage to keep the currents down. Have to think about that one but probably leave it up to you all to provide the power. 24 volts minimum, and can certainly switch AC, but now we are talking UL and CSA certification. 24 volts DC should be okay.<br />
<br />
BTW not to be a spoiler but everyone should know that heating ABS too high a temp out gases cyanide gases. PVC out gases hydrochloric acid, which will etch any metal you have hanging around and needless to say not good to breath; it will etch you too. If you do use those materials that smell acrid (I know you do), make sure not around anyone and not inside. Take a laser machining class and you will find out the only things really okay to heat up plastic wise are acrylics, polyethylene, and Delrin. So just be mindful, you only have one pair of lungs.<br />
<br />
I will have the board ready in about two weeks for myself and I will send two more out for free for peer review. Let me know if you would like a free power board as I have described I will have two available you will have to agree to evaluate it. Please do copy it, only know this I will always be selling these at cost. I hope this inspires others here to do the same. We want Rep Rap everywhere well then lets do that and stop making profits off such a tender and fragile new technology.<br />
<br />
I will have the schematics and the board info up in a while. I only use Express Board. It is free and very easy to use for layout. I have a special method I use to make Gerber plots and have tehse made eslwhere.<br />
<br />
Whew that was a lot! --Chris Parkinson 00:51, 27 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
Update, Having worked hard to get this into a small board for the first promo price I packed it well with about 100 components. What we now have is a single power board 3.8" X 2.5" 4 layer board with the advantage now of a daughter board that has the brains in it. The daughter board will be simple and nothing more than an existing copy thus far done of the motherboard technology. I will add in buffering for added protection to the processor. This also aids in driving the power mosfets. I now have also created the driver for the heater bed with the extra thermistor. I speced this out at 48 VDC at 2.5 amps, which will get you to the 100 watts you need.<br />
<br />
There is a power board with all the power electronics and a interconnection to a daughter board with the processor and other signal based items ie: opto sensors, USB to RS232, etc... With proper buffering this arrangement will help save the computational integrity of the system if a motor shorts out and takes the power board with it.<br />
<br />
The board will need a heat sink as the universality of the drivers allows up to 3 amps to be driven that means you can run a wide range of stepper motors with this driver and the fact that it is 16 steps will run smoother with less jaggies in your final parts. That being said a lot of heat will be dumped and time for a heat sink and maybe a fan. I will look into this further when I build the proto up. I have ordered most of the parts and I can get almost everything else locally cheap (I live in Silicon Valley, California), with the exception of the driver chips. Allegra got a little in front of themselves with not enough inventory and am backordered until 3rd week of November. The only way to get the small size and performance here is by this chip alone. Any other will make the board grow in size and the price goes up.<br />
<br />
So here is my dilemma. I was hoping to have three boards up and running by the second week in November. My issue is I am also in Law School and have finals in December. I will have no time until the first of the year to work on this with this Allegra backorder (So goes electronics BTW). Anyone willing to help? I will have the boards ordered by the end of this week, and can send anyone interested schematics and PC board layouts. My point is to drive the entire electronics to under $100. I think in large quantities I can get the whole electronic circuit for under $60 in kit form. And again no profit to be made nothing but a great circuits that truly are plug and play with that LED Blink happening and the system linking every time to the PC ready to run the motors and build parts.<br />
<br />
So anyone who wants to help with this please post here otherwise I will have to wait unit the new year as my academic priority comes first. --Chris Parkinson 05:57, 28 October 2010 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Generation_8_Electronics&diff=22662Generation 8 Electronics2010-10-28T08:01:40Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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|reprap = Sui Generis<br />
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This is a fun candidate for the Generation 8 Electronics. --[[User:SebastienBailard|SebastienBailard]] 08:01, 28 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
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| These are CAD files for the Solid Model Assembly<br />
| [[media:generation_8_solid_model.xml.zip|.xml.zip]], [[media:generation_8_solid_model.stl.zip|.stl.zip]]<br />
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Please edit this and click the links to put in your own files! --[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 08:34, 10 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
[[Category:Files Missing]] <!--delete this line ([[Category:Files Missing]])once files are up. ---><br />
<br />
A couple of things here. The TI part aside Allegro is still much better. My background is an electronics designer. First thing of note is capacitor decoupling. This is important and most designers leave them out because they are the most expensive parts. If you want these parts to work they must be decoupled especially at the motor bus side at each chip. The inductance of the long leads can build up harmonic noise that creates rough travel. The other issue is heat. These components have Mosfets built into them. At 1 or 2 amps they dump a lot of heat. This needs properly laid out boards with ample ground plane to dissipate that heat. 3 amps takes a rather large heat sink, 2 amps a smaller heat sink, 1 amp the large areas of copper on a 2 oz board.<br />
<br />
That 2 oz requirement. This is motor technology and we are starting to drive these at 2 amps anything over an amp needs 2 oz boards. Lastly Allegro has it all worked out with 16 step technology the motors run cooler because of a rough sine wave. 32 steps is over kill.<br />
<br />
So going back to Allegro, the biggest deals of space on the board are ample copper , decoupling at the IC with 100uF for the low frequency bypass (that squeal you hear is basically low frequency to the computer world), and no one board with everything on it. Proper motor board layout is decoupling of the motor outputs to the control IC. May not be a big deal to everyone, but I want long life out of these motors and drive circuitry. I agree the motherboard needs a refit. I like the idea of ready to plug and play and the USB port integrated. Maybe a daughter card arrangement that way you smoke the output card you keep the expensive part, the motherboard.<br />
<br />
With all of that I have designed up a single motor controller board. I am toying with putting on the extruder circuits here but want to keep the costs low and non standard boards cost more. Right now it is all three X,Y,Z outputs with opto interfaces. The connectors are standard Molex no miniature connectors where the crimping tool cost $500. The signal connector is 12 pin. I have added in a reset that resets all motors back to zero at start up. This is done on-board with a simple timer. No big deal simply wait 10 seconds for the power supplies to settle, with the pin low the motors go to their home positions, the timer after 10 seconds takes the pin high and the step and direction functions are as they exist right now.<br />
<br />
I will sell these for what they cost in parts. I am not interested in making a profit only that the electronics gets simpler and is cost effective. My goal is under $90 and a goal to include the extruder circuit on this board too with heater bed capacity (all power electronics on one board). The stepper motor chip is the Allego 4983 and will already be soldered to the board as this component is tough to solder but it has the ball technology under its belly that makes for the proper heat transfer to take place (this is very important). Whatever I can get the components at, can get the boards made up to my specs at, a minute of my time to wave solder the chips in place, and any taxes or fees are needed by third parties and viola a circuit that should work for many moons to come. Needs 12 volts at 10 amps max capacity to run. If the heater is included that will be a different voltage to keep the currents down. Have to think about that one but probably leave it up to you all to provide the power. 24 volts minimum, and can certainly switch AC, but now we are talking UL and CSA certification. 24 volts DC should be okay.<br />
<br />
BTW not to be a spoiler but everyone should know that heating ABS too high a temp out gases cyanide gases. PVC out gases hydrochloric acid, which will etch any metal you have hanging around and needless to say not good to breath; it will etch you too. If you do use those materials that smell acrid (I know you do), make sure not around anyone and not inside. Take a laser machining class and you will find out the only things really okay to heat up plastic wise are acrylics, polyethylene, and Delrin. So just be mindful, you only have one pair of lungs.<br />
<br />
I will have the board ready in about two weeks for myself and I will send two more out for free for peer review. Let me know if you would like a free power board as I have described I will have two available you will have to agree to evaluate it. Please do copy it, only know this I will always be selling these at cost. I hope this inspires others here to do the same. We want Rep Rap everywhere well then lets do that and stop making profits off such a tender and fragile new technology.<br />
<br />
I will have the schematics and the board info up in a while. I only use Express Board. It is free and very easy to use for layout. I have a special method I use to make Gerber plots and have tehse made eslwhere.<br />
<br />
Whew that was a lot! --Chris Parkinson 00:51, 27 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
Update, Having worked hard to get this into a small board for the first promo price I packed it well with about 100 components. What we now have is a single power board 3.8" X 2.5" 4 layer board with the advantage now of a daughter board that has the brains in it. The daughter board will be simple and nothing more than an existing copy thus far done of the motherboard technology. I will add in buffering for added protection to the processor. This also aids in driving the power mosfets. I now have also created the driver for the heater bed with the extra thermistor. I speced this out at 48 VDC at 2.5 amps, which will get you to the 100 watts you need.<br />
<br />
There is a power board with all the power electronics and a interconnection to a daughter board with the processor and other signal based items ie: opto sensors, USB to RS232, etc... With proper buffering this arrangement will help save the computational integrity of the system if a motor shorts out and takes the power board with it.<br />
<br />
The board will need a heat sink as the universality of the drivers allows up to 3 amps to be driven that means you can run a wide range of stepper motors with this driver and the fact that it is 16 steps will run smoother with less jaggies in your final parts. That being said a lot of heat will be dumped and time for a heat sink and maybe a fan. I will look into this further when I build the proto up. I have ordered most of the parts and I can get almost everything else locally cheap (I live in Silicon Valley, California), with the exception of the driver chips. Allegra got a little in front of themselves with not enough inventory and am backordered until 3rd week of November. The only way to get the small size and performance here is by this chip alone. Any other will make the board grow in size and the price goes up.<br />
<br />
So here is my dilemma. I was hoping to have three boards up and running by the second week in November. My issue is I am also in Law School and have finals in December. I will have no time until the first of the year to work on this with this Allegra backorder (So goes electronics BTW). Anyone willing to help? I will have the boards ordered by the end of this week, and can send anyone interested schematics and PC board layouts. My point is to drive the entire electronics to under $100. I think in large quantities I can get the whole electronic circuit for under $60 in kit form. And again no profit to be made nothing but a great circuits that truly are plug and play with that LED Blink happening and the system linking every time to the PC ready to run the motors and build parts.<br />
<br />
So anyone who wants to help with this please post here otherwise I will have to wait unit the new year as my academic priority comes first. --Chris Parkinson 05:57, 28 October 2010 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Generation_8_Electronics&diff=22661Generation 8 Electronics2010-10-28T08:01:11Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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This is a fun candidate for the Generation 8 Electronics. --[[User:WikiSysop|WikiSysop]] 08:01, 28 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
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| Your-File-Name<br />
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| These are CAD files for the Solid Model Assembly<br />
| [[media:generation_8_solid_model.xml.zip|.xml.zip]], [[media:generation_8_solid_model.stl.zip|.stl.zip]]<br />
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|-<br />
| Your-File-Name<br />
| CAD FILES FOR PARTS<br />
| These are CAD files for each part.<br />
| [[media:generation_8_many_parts.zip|.xml.zip]], [[media:generation_8_many_parts.stl.zip|.stl.zip]]<br />
| [[User:Example User|--Example User]] 12:00, Today's Date 20xx (UTC)<br />
|-<br />
| Your-File-Name<br />
| EVEN MORE FILES<br />
| These are are even more files.<br />
| [[media:generation_8_even_more_files.zip|.xml.zip]], [[media:generation_8_even_more_files.stl.zip|.stl.zip]]<br />
| [[User:Example User|--Example User]] 12:00, Today's Date 20xx (UTC)|-<br />
|-<br />
|- style="background-color:#FFFF00"<br />
| Your-File-Name <br />
|SOLID MODEL ASSEMBLY<br />
|This is the final finished machine<br />
|N/A<br />
|[[User:Example User|--Example User]] 12:00, Tomorrow's Date, 20xx (UTC)<br />
|}<br />
Please edit this and click the links to put in your own files! --[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 08:34, 10 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
[[Category:Files Missing]] <!--delete this line ([[Category:Files Missing]])once files are up. ---><br />
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A couple of things here. The TI part aside Allegro is still much better. My background is an electronics designer. First thing of note is capacitor decoupling. This is important and most designers leave them out because they are the most expensive parts. If you want these parts to work they must be decoupled especially at the motor bus side at each chip. The inductance of the long leads can build up harmonic noise that creates rough travel. The other issue is heat. These components have Mosfets built into them. At 1 or 2 amps they dump a lot of heat. This needs properly laid out boards with ample ground plane to dissipate that heat. 3 amps takes a rather large heat sink, 2 amps a smaller heat sink, 1 amp the large areas of copper on a 2 oz board.<br />
<br />
That 2 oz requirement. This is motor technology and we are starting to drive these at 2 amps anything over an amp needs 2 oz boards. Lastly Allegro has it all worked out with 16 step technology the motors run cooler because of a rough sine wave. 32 steps is over kill.<br />
<br />
So going back to Allegro, the biggest deals of space on the board are ample copper , decoupling at the IC with 100uF for the low frequency bypass (that squeal you hear is basically low frequency to the computer world), and no one board with everything on it. Proper motor board layout is decoupling of the motor outputs to the control IC. May not be a big deal to everyone, but I want long life out of these motors and drive circuitry. I agree the motherboard needs a refit. I like the idea of ready to plug and play and the USB port integrated. Maybe a daughter card arrangement that way you smoke the output card you keep the expensive part, the motherboard.<br />
<br />
With all of that I have designed up a single motor controller board. I am toying with putting on the extruder circuits here but want to keep the costs low and non standard boards cost more. Right now it is all three X,Y,Z outputs with opto interfaces. The connectors are standard Molex no miniature connectors where the crimping tool cost $500. The signal connector is 12 pin. I have added in a reset that resets all motors back to zero at start up. This is done on-board with a simple timer. No big deal simply wait 10 seconds for the power supplies to settle, with the pin low the motors go to their home positions, the timer after 10 seconds takes the pin high and the step and direction functions are as they exist right now.<br />
<br />
I will sell these for what they cost in parts. I am not interested in making a profit only that the electronics gets simpler and is cost effective. My goal is under $90 and a goal to include the extruder circuit on this board too with heater bed capacity (all power electronics on one board). The stepper motor chip is the Allego 4983 and will already be soldered to the board as this component is tough to solder but it has the ball technology under its belly that makes for the proper heat transfer to take place (this is very important). Whatever I can get the components at, can get the boards made up to my specs at, a minute of my time to wave solder the chips in place, and any taxes or fees are needed by third parties and viola a circuit that should work for many moons to come. Needs 12 volts at 10 amps max capacity to run. If the heater is included that will be a different voltage to keep the currents down. Have to think about that one but probably leave it up to you all to provide the power. 24 volts minimum, and can certainly switch AC, but now we are talking UL and CSA certification. 24 volts DC should be okay.<br />
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BTW not to be a spoiler but everyone should know that heating ABS too high a temp out gases cyanide gases. PVC out gases hydrochloric acid, which will etch any metal you have hanging around and needless to say not good to breath; it will etch you too. If you do use those materials that smell acrid (I know you do), make sure not around anyone and not inside. Take a laser machining class and you will find out the only things really okay to heat up plastic wise are acrylics, polyethylene, and Delrin. So just be mindful, you only have one pair of lungs.<br />
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I will have the board ready in about two weeks for myself and I will send two more out for free for peer review. Let me know if you would like a free power board as I have described I will have two available you will have to agree to evaluate it. Please do copy it, only know this I will always be selling these at cost. I hope this inspires others here to do the same. We want Rep Rap everywhere well then lets do that and stop making profits off such a tender and fragile new technology.<br />
<br />
I will have the schematics and the board info up in a while. I only use Express Board. It is free and very easy to use for layout. I have a special method I use to make Gerber plots and have tehse made eslwhere.<br />
<br />
Whew that was a lot! --Chris Parkinson 00:51, 27 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
Update, Having worked hard to get this into a small board for the first promo price I packed it well with about 100 components. What we now have is a single power board 3.8" X 2.5" 4 layer board with the advantage now of a daughter board that has the brains in it. The daughter board will be simple and nothing more than an existing copy thus far done of the motherboard technology. I will add in buffering for added protection to the processor. This also aids in driving the power mosfets. I now have also created the driver for the heater bed with the extra thermistor. I speced this out at 48 VDC at 2.5 amps, which will get you to the 100 watts you need.<br />
<br />
There is a power board with all the power electronics and a interconnection to a daughter board with the processor and other signal based items ie: opto sensors, USB to RS232, etc... With proper buffering this arrangement will help save the computational integrity of the system if a motor shorts out and takes the power board with it.<br />
<br />
The board will need a heat sink as the universality of the drivers allows up to 3 amps to be driven that means you can run a wide range of stepper motors with this driver and the fact that it is 16 steps will run smoother with less jaggies in your final parts. That being said a lot of heat will be dumped and time for a heat sink and maybe a fan. I will look into this further when I build the proto up. I have ordered most of the parts and I can get almost everything else locally cheap (I live in Silicon Valley, California), with the exception of the driver chips. Allegra got a little in front of themselves with not enough inventory and am backordered until 3rd week of November. The only way to get the small size and performance here is by this chip alone. Any other will make the board grow in size and the price goes up.<br />
<br />
So here is my dilemma. I was hoping to have three boards up and running by the second week in November. My issue is I am also in Law School and have finals in December. I will have no time until the first of the year to work on this with this Allegra backorder (So goes electronics BTW). Anyone willing to help? I will have the boards ordered by the end of this week, and can send anyone interested schematics and PC board layouts. My point is to drive the entire electronics to under $100. I think in large quantities I can get the whole electronic circuit for under $60 in kit form. And again no profit to be made nothing but a great circuits that truly are plug and play with that LED Blink happening and the system linking every time to the PC ready to run the motors and build parts.<br />
<br />
So anyone who wants to help with this please post here otherwise I will have to wait unit the new year as my academic priority comes first. --Chris Parkinson 05:57, 28 October 2010 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=22073MediaWiki:Sidebar2010-10-22T05:57:13Z<p>WikiSysop: We have a planet, now.</p>
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<div>Thanks for deleting that bit of spam. --[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 05:17, 24 September 2010 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Jkeegan&diff=21058User talk:Jkeegan2010-09-24T05:17:47Z<p>WikiSysop: Created page with 'Thanks for deleting that bit of spam. --~~~~'</p>
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<div>Thanks for deleting that bit of spam. --[[User:WikiSysop|WikiSysop]] 05:17, 24 September 2010 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Category:Development&diff=20405Category:Development2010-09-08T20:01:43Z<p>WikiSysop: Reverted edits by Fgbsgfh (Talk) to last revision by Mariusz</p>
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<div>[[Image:Example.jpg|right|thumb|525px|An Extruder Design]]<br />
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This page aims to contain links to all RepRap '''related''' development. This is the leading-edge and experimental part of the RepRap experience!<br />
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If you are here because you are looking for how to be involved with the development of the RepRap idea itself and want to be a part of it, please contact one of the Core Team [[RepRapWiki:The Core Team|here]].<br />
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You are encouraged to add RepRap- and RepStrap-related work, even if you didn't initially create it; just make sure to attribute it appropriately. Please also include as many pictures and diagrams as you can. These really help understanding.<br />
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Adding development work from the [http://blog.reprap.org/ Main Blog], the [http://builders.reprap.org/ Builder's Blog] and the [http://forums.reprap.org/ Forums] so that new RepRappers can find it is especially appreciated.<br />
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==How To Add a Development==<br />
To add a page to this Development list just edit its page (or create a new one) and copy and paste this template code inserting any details you know:<br />
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'''Note:''' The full list of development template parameters can be found on the [[Template:Development]] page.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
* [[Template:Development]] - the template used to identify developments<br />
* [[:Category:MultiDevelopment]] - pages containing multiple developments that need to be split up.<br />
* [[:Category:Development Stubs]] - development stubs<br />
* [[Development:Example]] - an example development showcasing commonly used mediawiki features.<br />
* [[Development:New Page Template]] - a copy and paste template for new development pages.</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Brutstruder&diff=20300Brutstruder2010-09-06T09:24:06Z<p>WikiSysop: /* New Extruder for Brutis */</p>
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<div>{{Development<br />
|name = Brutstruder<br />
|image = Brutisextruder.jpg<br />
|status = Testing<br />
|description = Gearmotor Extruder<br />
|license = [[GPL]]<br />
|author = Spacexula<br />
|reprap = Prinstruder by Zaggo<br />
|categories = [[Extruders]]<br />
}}<br />
=Brutstruder=<br />
Brustruder is the final product of a preHuxley mini Mendel development by SpaceXULA named Brutis. Due to the small size of a Huxley, an extruder much smaller than a Wades would be needed for the X axis. This extruder was SpaceXULA's attempt to make a smaller, more reliable gear driven extruder than what was available at the time.<br />
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=Status=<br />
In testing<br />
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=Mechanical Construction=<br />
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Extruder block & Idler for Brutstruder, still in testing<br />
[[Image:alphabrutstruderblock.stl]]<br />
[[Image:Alphabrutstruderidler.stl]]<br />
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Non printed parts:<br />
* 1 X 608 bearing (Skateboard bearings);<br />
* 1 X 606 bearing (Comes with the Mk4 extruder);<br />
* 1 x threaded pulley for 6mm motor Shaft, available from Makerbot as Mk5 drive gear or off ebay <br />
* 2 X M8 washers;<br />
* 1 X M8X20 piece of smooth bar, threaded bar or a bolt;<br />
* 4 X M4X45 socket caps;<br />
* 8 X M4 washers;<br />
* 2 X M3X35 bolts;<br />
* 4 X Springs - 4mm ID, 10 mm long, but because you control the tension<br />
your spring choice is not critical<br />
* 1 Kysan 1156006 gearmotor, the one that comes with a Mk4 extruder<br />
from Makerbot, also available directly from Kysan;<br />
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[http://repraplogphase.blogspot.com/2010/08/brutis-is-dead-long-live-brutis.html]Blog entries:<br />
=New Extruder for Brutis=<br />
It's the Kysan/[[Makerbot]] gearmotor using the MK5 wormgear and a 608 bearing idler like a wades extruder. <br />
[[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AocYBhgwOeI/TGbWGeRTlSI/AAAAAAAABEM/hIbmT812WXc/s1600/getting+there.JPG]]<br />
/u/2/rDfqKXrQ0lI]</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User_talk:WikiSysop&diff=20299User talk:WikiSysop2010-09-06T09:02:15Z<p>WikiSysop: /* Sidebar Changes */</p>
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<div>Hey Sebastien,<br />
<br />
I was looking at how to embed the latest RepRap blog post summaries in the main page and I came to the conclusion that we'd probably need to install a media wiki extension.. same thing for the RepRap videos.<br />
<br />
I'm not sure who would be able to do this but I think a [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Video_player_extensions video player extension] and an [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS_Reader rss extension] in conjunction with feedburner (I can take care of the feedburner part) would be really handy for making an awesome front page (see my very beta hacked together version at [[Main Page/Sandbox]]. What do you think? Is it possible to get these?<br />
<br />
--[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 22:34, 8 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: i found the already installed video plugin (my bad) --[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 23:37, 8 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
I've finished the [[Main Page/Sandbox]] to a point that i think looks reasonable, what do you think? yey/nay to making it the 'live' version?<br />
--[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 03:34, 10 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
( ( (ping ) ) ) i've done some more updates to the [[Main Page/Sandbox]]. IMHO its a much less green/eye strain inducing scheme with easier access to important links. Let me know what you think, I'll go live with it tomorrow pending no issues. --[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 20:13, 4 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Navigability==<br />
Hey Sebastien,<br />
I've been working on the site navigability and have updated the [[Main Page]] to include almost all the links on the left navigation through it's sub pages. Part 2 of my plan is to kill these links in the left navigation since they clutter up the site and have always made naigation extremely difficult for myself and the local RepRappers i have spoken with. Anyways my proposal for navigation changes is here [[MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar]] and the new navigation links are here [[MediaWiki:Sidebar/Sandbox]]. As always let me know what you think, I'm giving to leave lots of time for feedback and should probably also post on IRC before going live with the changes. --[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 21:22, 30 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
i mucked with the [[Main_Page/Sandbox|sandbox]] a bit.<br />
[[User:Fenn|Fenn]] 08:25, 1 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Development Landing Page + Category Tree==<br />
I'm working on a new [[Development]] page as a way for people to get to RepRap development in a way that won't see a single page slowly grow out of control like the [[Builders]] page currently is and eventually replace it all together. The plan is to use categories and templates similar to what media wiki has done on their [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions extensions page] (you can see the development template based on this on [[Mendel/Metal]]). The issue is that to make this easily navigable we need the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree Category Tree] extension. Could you please talk to the powers that be and request for it to be installed? Its a plugin I've used before and it worked very nicely. --[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 05:07, 3 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
categorytree is the closest thing I've seen to Engelbart's original wiki in 1968, and so it gets my vote. why has this stalled? --[[User:Fenn|Fenn]] 08:33, 1 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Sidebar Changes==<br />
<br />
Umm dude.. removing Darwin and adding MetalicaRap (which doesn't even exist yet!?!). Can we please go back to the old way for now? We should meet up/talk soon - I have an idea for cleaning up the site and making all the reprap/repstraps more accessible but it may be a bit counter intuitive at first (I still really would like a side bar with 4-6 items.. this many items actually makes navigation less accessible because of clutter/readers having to skim).<br />
<br />
Oh yeah.. forgot to include why Darwin should stay up - It's Legacy and _lots_ of people still have them. We can't forsake Darwin people just because we'd prefer them to upgrade.<br />
<br />
--[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 03:30, 6 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
I'm assuming that Darwin users know where their docs are. (I still love them.) I've added Huxley back, although I'm really favoring [[Brutis]], which actually has files instead of parasitic outgoing links. :D<br />
<br />
MetalicaRap stays. We need something post cutting edge. (Unless you think they'll crash and burn, and take out a chunk of reputation.) <br />
<br />
I want to put "Mister Goggles" (name?) up there too once you've got a photo of it on a wiki page.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 08:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User_talk:WikiSysop&diff=20298User talk:WikiSysop2010-09-06T08:54:22Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
<hr />
<div>Hey Sebastien,<br />
<br />
I was looking at how to embed the latest RepRap blog post summaries in the main page and I came to the conclusion that we'd probably need to install a media wiki extension.. same thing for the RepRap videos.<br />
<br />
I'm not sure who would be able to do this but I think a [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Video_player_extensions video player extension] and an [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS_Reader rss extension] in conjunction with feedburner (I can take care of the feedburner part) would be really handy for making an awesome front page (see my very beta hacked together version at [[Main Page/Sandbox]]. What do you think? Is it possible to get these?<br />
<br />
--[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 22:34, 8 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: i found the already installed video plugin (my bad) --[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 23:37, 8 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
I've finished the [[Main Page/Sandbox]] to a point that i think looks reasonable, what do you think? yey/nay to making it the 'live' version?<br />
--[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 03:34, 10 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
( ( (ping ) ) ) i've done some more updates to the [[Main Page/Sandbox]]. IMHO its a much less green/eye strain inducing scheme with easier access to important links. Let me know what you think, I'll go live with it tomorrow pending no issues. --[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 20:13, 4 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Navigability==<br />
Hey Sebastien,<br />
I've been working on the site navigability and have updated the [[Main Page]] to include almost all the links on the left navigation through it's sub pages. Part 2 of my plan is to kill these links in the left navigation since they clutter up the site and have always made naigation extremely difficult for myself and the local RepRappers i have spoken with. Anyways my proposal for navigation changes is here [[MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar]] and the new navigation links are here [[MediaWiki:Sidebar/Sandbox]]. As always let me know what you think, I'm giving to leave lots of time for feedback and should probably also post on IRC before going live with the changes. --[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 21:22, 30 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
i mucked with the [[Main_Page/Sandbox|sandbox]] a bit.<br />
[[User:Fenn|Fenn]] 08:25, 1 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Development Landing Page + Category Tree==<br />
I'm working on a new [[Development]] page as a way for people to get to RepRap development in a way that won't see a single page slowly grow out of control like the [[Builders]] page currently is and eventually replace it all together. The plan is to use categories and templates similar to what media wiki has done on their [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions extensions page] (you can see the development template based on this on [[Mendel/Metal]]). The issue is that to make this easily navigable we need the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree Category Tree] extension. Could you please talk to the powers that be and request for it to be installed? Its a plugin I've used before and it worked very nicely. --[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 05:07, 3 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
categorytree is the closest thing I've seen to Engelbart's original wiki in 1968, and so it gets my vote. why has this stalled? --[[User:Fenn|Fenn]] 08:33, 1 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Sidebar Changes==<br />
<br />
Umm dude.. removing Darwin and adding MetalicaRap (which doesn't even exist yet!?!). Can we please go back to the old way for now? We should meet up/talk soon - I have an idea for cleaning up the site and making all the reprap/repstraps more accessible but it may be a bit counter intuitive at first (I still really would like a side bar with 4-6 items.. this many items actually makes navigation less accessible because of clutter/readers having to skim).<br />
<br />
Oh yeah.. forgot to include why Darwin should stay up - It's Legacy and _lots_ of people still have them. We can't forsake Darwin people just because we'd prefer them to upgrade.<br />
<br />
--[[User:TheOtherRob|TheOtherRob]] 03:30, 6 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
I'm assuming that Darwin users know where their docs are. I've added Huxley back, although I'm really favoring [[Brutis]], which actually has files, instead of parasitic outgoing links. :D<br />
<br />
MetalicaRap stays. We need something post cutting edge. (Unless you think they'll crash and burn, and take out a chunk of reputation.) <br />
<br />
I want to put "Mister Goggles" (name?) up there too once you've got a photo of it on a wiki page.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Sebastien Bailard|Sebastien Bailard]] 08:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)</div>WikiSysophttps://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=20297MediaWiki:Sidebar2010-09-06T08:50:47Z<p>WikiSysop: </p>
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|image = Mini-mendel.jpg<br />
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|author = Ed<br />
|reprap = Mendel<br />
|cadModel = <br/><br />
* [https://reprap.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/reprap/trunk/mini-mendel/ STEP]<br />
* [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1745 STL]<br />
|categories = [[:Category:Mini Mendel Variation|Mini-Mendel Variation]]<br />
|url = [http://blog.reprap.org/2010/02/mini-me.html Original Blog Post]<br />
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A miniaturization of the Mendel design. The machine uses M6 threaded rods and M3 nuts and bolts (as opposed to the M8/M4 used on Mendel) and NEMA 14 steppers. The reprapped parts are about 30% of the volume of those for Mendel, which is to say it could reproduce three times faster.<br />
<br />
Here's a close up rendered by M.BrittCrane:<br />
[[Image:MiniMendel.png]]<br />
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I've found suppliers for all of the parts, and the estimated cost of the Mini-mendel would be under 350 euros (in Europe). Note that because the design is not yet stable, you may need to order more to get everything working satisfactory.<br />
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<iframe width='900' height='400' frameborder='0' src='http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tw60t_E6G8tVNhBgMqAjcbw&single=true&gid=0&output=html&widget=true'></iframe><br />
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<iframe width='900' height='400' frameborder='0' src='http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tw60t_E6G8tVNhBgMqAjcbw&single=true&gid=1&output=html&widget=true'></iframe><br />
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You can ask [[ErikDeBruijn]] for edit permissions to this Google Docs sheet.<br />
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<br />
== Parts ==<br />
<br />
Apart from the sources listed here, also check out the [http://forums.reprap.org/list.php?94 forSale-subforum] in the RepRap-forum.<br />
<br />
=== Printed parts ===<br />
<br />
* You can easily print these [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2577 production files] in 14 makerbot-sized plates.<br />
* You may print an '''(experimental!!!)''' [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2204 shelled MiniMendel] using less material and time<br />
* [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1745 single parts] can of course be printed too<br />
<br />
=== Electronics ===<br />
<br />
Identical to [[Mendel]] or you can use the [[BitsFromBytes]] -electronics that allow standalone operation from SD-card. When using the BitsFromBytes electronics, be advised that this requires a proprietary tool chain to build new firmware that works with the mini-mendel. Also, the latest versions of the source code for their electronics are frequently not publicly available.<br />
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Sources:<br />
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EU:<br />
* [https://shop.grrf.de/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=68_75 German RepRap Foundation]<br />
* [http://www.watterott.com/de/Makerbot/Elektronik Watterott]<br />
* [http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=175&category_id=5&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1 BitsFromBytes] (alternative Elektronik)<br />
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=== Bowden cable ===<br />
<br />
EU:<br />
* [https://shop.grrf.de/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=86_87 German RepRap Foundation]<br />
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=== Steppers ===<br />
<br />
Standard 3xNEMA14 and 1xNEMA17(extruder) steppers. Smaller and less expensive than on the full sized Mendel.<br />
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Sources (steppers):<br />
* EU<br />
** [https://kd85.com/makerbot.html KD85 (NEMA17)]<br />
** [https://shop.grrf.de/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=68_77 German RepRap Foundation (NEMA14 and NEMA17)] <br />
** [http://www.active-robots.com/products/motorsandwheels/stepper-motors.shtml active-robots.com NEMA14 and NEMA17]<br />
** [http://www.totalrobots.com/bipolar-27mm-stepper-35byg304-nema14-p-1045.html?main_page=product_info&products_id=1045 totalrobots NEMA14 and NEMA17]<br />
* US<br />
** [http://store.makerbot.com/featured-products/nema-17-stepper-motor.html makerbot store NEMA17]<br />
** [http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?category=23&product_id=3301 phidgets.com NEMA14 and NEMA17]<br />
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Sources (Allegro A4983 based stepper-drivers):<br />
* EU<br />
** [http://www.watterott.com/de/Pololu-A4983-Schrittmotortreiber-R watterott.de]<br />
* US<br />
** [http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1201 pololu]<br />
(or use the [[BitsFromBytes]]-electronic that include stepper-drivers)<br />
<br />
=== Extruder ===<br />
<br />
The MiniMendel uses a bowden-extruder that has less moving mass and thus higher speed due to the stepper not being on the print-head.<br />
<br />
Sources for parts:<br />
* EU<br />
** [http://shapercube.com/en/shop/list/201 reprapsource/shapercube]<br />
** [http://www.watterott.com/de/Plastruder-MK4-Bausatz watterott] (use the hot-end -part of the MK4-kit)<br />
** [https://shop.grrf.de/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=85 German RepRap Foundation] <br />
* US<br />
** [http://makerbot.com makerbot-store] (use the hot-end -part of the MK4-kit)<br />
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=== Timing belt ===<br />
<br />
The MiniMendel uses the same 5mm pitch Synchroflex timing belt as is used on the [[Mendel]].<br/><br />
"Synchroflex(R) timing belt,800Lx10Wmm" and <br/><br />
"Synchroflex(R) timing belt,550Lx10Wmm"<br />
<br />
sources:<br />
* EU<br />
** [https://shop.grrf.de/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=86_87 German RepRap Foundation]<br />
** [http://www.watterott-electronic.com Watterott] (2010-05-05: avaliable within this week)<br />
** [http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=4745779 rs-online]<br />
** [http://de.farnell.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp?N=1001157+500003+165572+5177&Ns=PLS_SKU|1&No=0&getResults=true&appliedparametrics=true&locale=de_DE&catalogId=&prevNValues=1001157+500003+5960619+165572+5177&filtersHidden=false&appliedHidden=false&originalQueryURL=%2Fjsp%2Fsearch%2Fbrowse.jsp%3FN%3D1001157%2B500003%26Ns%3DPLS_SKU%257C1%26No%3D0%26getResults%3Dtrue%26appliedparametrics%3Dtrue%26locale%3Dde_DE%26catalogId%3D%26prevNValues%3D1001157%2B500003 farnell] (slightly different lengthes, need adjustment in other parts)<br />
* US<br />
** [http://www.mcmaster.com/#drive-belts/=6vqduv mcmaster]<br />
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=== Bearings ===<br />
<br />
* EU<br />
** [https://shop.grrf.de/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=86_87 German RepRap Foundation]<br />
<br />
=== Nuts and bolts ===<br />
<br />
All metric and obtainable in every home-improvement-store. 608-bearings can be found cheap everywhere you can buy or repair a skateboard.<br />
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=== Thick sheets ===<br />
<br />
These 2 sheets can be cut from plexiglass or wood with simple tools.<br />
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== Success stories ==<br />
* Erik<br />
** I've [http://blog.erikdebruijn.nl/archives/129-Mini-mendel-printed!.html printed all RP parts in ABS], they weigh about 300 g. This means you can print 2 sets with your first kg of ABS if you use rafts.<br />
** Update: [http://blog.erikdebruijn.nl/archives/131-Mini-mendel-built-and-working!.html Mini-Mendel built and working!]<br />
<br />
== Ongoing development ==<br />
<br />
* Main development seems to be going on in the RepRap-forum<br />
** [http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?35,41147,42543#msg-42543 German sub-forum]<br />
* [[User:MarcusWolschon|Marcus Wolschon]] is currently [https://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/marcuswolschon/index.php?title=Projects/Improved_MiniMendel trying to create a hollowed Mini-Mendel] that can be found [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2204 HERE] and uses even less material. Prints and tests for mechanical stability will have to be conducted.<br />
<br />
* [[User:MarcusWolschon|Marcus]] created a [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2204 Shelled MiniMendel] that only required 110g of ABS and less then 10h to print. (It may be filled with epoxy after printing but that is not required in all cases.)<br />
<br />
* [[Mini-Mendel/Spacexula Documented Build]]<br />
<br />
* The Mini-Mendel is the first step in optimizing replication time; further steps in that direction are discussed at [[RepRap Breeder]].<br />
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Brutis Mini-Mendel<br />
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I’m installing this derivative work of the Mini-Mendel done by Spacexula.<br />
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A great deal of time and effort went into Brutis with assembly videos on utube, Cad design etc.<br />
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[http://repraplogphase.blogspot.com/2010/08/brutis-is-dead-long-live-brutis.html]Blog entries:<br />
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New Extruder for Brutis:<br />
[[File:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AocYBhgwOeI/TGbWGeRTlSI/AAAAAAAABEM/hIbmT812WXc/s1600/getting+there.JPG]]<br />
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It's the Kysan/Makerbot gearmotor using the MK5 wormgear and a 608 bearing idler like a wades extruder. <br />
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The design files they have been uploaded to [http://http://sourceforge.net/projects/brutis/]Sourceforge here<br />
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I’m installing this derivative work of the Mini-Mendel done by Spacexula.<br />
<br />
A great deal of time and effort went into Brutis with assembly videos on utube, Cad design etc.<br />
<br />
[http://repraplogphase.blogspot.com/2010/08/brutis-is-dead-long-live-brutis.html]Blog entries:<br />
<br />
New Extruder for Brutis:<br />
[[File:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AocYBhgwOeI/TGbWGeRTlSI/AAAAAAAABEM/hIbmT812WXc/s1600/getting+there.JPG]]<br />
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It's the Kysan/Makerbot gearmotor using the MK5 wormgear and a 608 bearing idler like a wades extruder. <br />
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The design files they have been uploaded to [http://http://sourceforge.net/projects/brutis/]Sourceforge here<br />
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Brutis Mini-Mendel<br />
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I’m installing this derivative work of the Mini-Mendel done by Spacexula.<br />
<br />
A great deal of time and effort went into Brutis with assembly videos on utube, Cad design etc.<br />
<br />
[http://repraplogphase.blogspot.com/2010/08/brutis-is-dead-long-live-brutis.html]Blog entries:<br />
<br />
New Extruder for Brutis:<br />
[[File:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AocYBhgwOeI/TGbWGeRTlSI/AAAAAAAABEM/hIbmT812WXc/s1600/getting+there.JPG]]<br />
<br />
It's the Kysan/Makerbot gearmotor using the MK5 wormgear and a 608 bearing idler like a wades extruder. <br />
<br />
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The design files they have been uploaded to [http://http://sourceforge.net/projects/brutis/]Sourceforge here<br />
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Brutis Mini-Mendel<br />
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I’m installing this derivative work of the Mini-Mendel done by Spacexula.<br />
<br />
A great deal of time and effort went into Brutis with assembly videos on utube, Cad design etc.<br />
<br />
[http://repraplogphase.blogspot.com/2010/08/brutis-is-dead-long-live-brutis.html]Blog entries:<br />
<br />
New Extruder for Brutis:<br />
[[File:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AocYBhgwOeI/TGbWGeRTlSI/AAAAAAAABEM/hIbmT812WXc/s1600/getting+there.JPG]]<br />
<br />
It's the Kysan/Makerbot gearmotor using the MK5 wormgear and a 608 bearing idler like a wades extruder. <br />
<br />
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The design files they have been uploaded to [http://http://sourceforge.net/projects/brutis/]Sourceforge here<br />
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The RepRap II: Mendel is open source hardware and so there is not a single place to buy it but rather many options. This competition is encouraged so that prices become lower over time. Below is a list of places to find Mendel parts and/or kits.<br />
<br />
For a spreadsheet containing the complete Mendel parts list together with listings of suppliers, [[Mendel_assembly_data_sheet |see this page]].<br />
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'''Note:''' it is not necessary to purchase a kit, many [[:Category:Mendel RepStrap|RepStraps]] are available either to buy or to build that can be easily assembled with tools you may already own.<br />
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==For Sale Forum==<br />
<br />
We run a [http://dev.forums.reprap.org/index.php?93 For Sale/Wanted Forum] where people who have sets of RepRap parts for sale can advertise the fact and others can post requests to buy. ''Caveat emptor'' - we try to keep complete rogues and con artists off this forum, but it is open to the entire planet. Don't send money unless you're confident that you know what you're doing.<br />
<br />
==Fully Assembled Mendel Kits==<br />
* No mendel kits are for sale yet but when they become available please list them here.<br />
<br />
=In Alphabetical Order=<br />
<br />
==Mendel Parts Kits==<br />
===Full Kits===<br />
* No truly reprapped mendel kits are for sale yet but when they become available please list them here.<br />
===Laser-Cut Kits===<br />
* [http://www.botmill.com/ BotMill] - they sell a Laser-Cut Mendel-alike ( This is kinda like the RapMan laser-cut Darwin was to the true Darwin, a very,very close relative)<br />
* [http://flemingcnc.com/ flemingcnc] - they sell a Mendel-alike called "Isaac" that is optimised to be produced commercially on a CNC machine.<br />
* [http://techzonecom.com/ techzonecom] - they sell a Laser-Cut Mendel-alike and other parts and electronics ( see: [[LaserCut_Mendel]]<br />
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===Electrical and mechanical kits and parts===<br />
* [https://shop.grrf.de/index.php?main_page= German RepRap Foundation (GRRF)] - seller of fully assembled kits for RepRap Generation 3 electronics, plastruder parts, stepper motors, plastics (ABS), mechanics kits and RepStrap kits.<br />
* [http://www.iprint3d.org/ iPrint3D] - seller of RepRap Generation 3 electronics<br />
* [http://kd85.com/ KD85.com] - Suppliers of RepRap parts and materials in Europe.<br />
* [http://www.makergear.com/ MakerGear] - Plastruders, Parts, Filament, Surfaces, Platforms, Printed Parts and More<br />
* [http://www.mendel-parts.com/ Mendel-Parts.com] - Full Hardware kits, bearings, belts, aluminum and plastic Thick/Thin sheets, Kapton tape&film, extruder parts, stepper motors, SLS printed parts, reprapped plastics on pre-order.<br />
* [http://www.reprapcentral.com/ RepRap Central] - Dedicated RepRap Retailer - Mendel M4 Parts Supplier - Great deal on NEMA 17 Stepper Motors<br />
* [http://RepRapKit.com/ RepRap Kit] - seller of plastic filament, bearings, etc. (UK)<br />
* [http://www.reprapsource.com/ RepRap Source] - seller of plastic filament, older generation PCBs, and mechanical parts.<br />
* [http://www.reprapstores.com/ RepRap Stores] - Multiple vendors and RepRappers selling kits, parts and materials<br />
* [http://parts.reprap.org/ RepRap Parts Lister] - generates shopping lists for a couple different stores. Currently limited to the Gen 3 electronics.<br />
*[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1201/ Pololu ] - Provider of a alternative stepper driver, for more information visit [[Pololu_Electronics]]<br />
* [http://ultimachine.com/ UltiMachine] - seller of electronics, mechanical parts, and printing materials.<br />
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===Reprapped Parts Kits===<br />
* Reprapped Parts Kits and other components, some are on [http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?LH_AvailTo=3&_nkw=reprap eBay].<br />
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==Non-kit Mendel Parts Suppliers==<br />
<br />
===Stepper Motors===<br />
*[[Suppliers/Stepper Motors]] - Includes details to determine if a motor is suitable<br />
<br />
===Electrical===<br />
* [http://www.digikey.com/ digikey US] - '''(online)'''<br />
* [http://www.digikey.ca/ digikey Canada] - '''Canada (online)'''<br />
* [http://mouser.com Mouser] - '''online'''<br />
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===Mechanical===<br />
* [http://www.mcmaster.com/ McMaster-Carr] - '''ships to US addresses only (online)''' - one stop supplier for all the non-RR mechanical parts of Mendel.<br />
* [http://www.fastenal.com/web/home.ex Fastenal] - '''Canada and US (stores/online)''' - supplies all non-RR mechanical parts except for the drive belts.<br />
* [http://www.sdp-si.com/web/html/products.htm SDP/SI] - '''Canada (online)''' - supplies non-RR mechanical parts including drive belts (unknown if they supply all non-RR parts or not).<br />
* [http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRHM MSC Industrial] - '''US, Canada, Mexico (online)''' - good for nuts, bolts, threaded rod and washers, not much else<br />
* [http://www.smallparts.com Small Parts] - '''US, Canada, Mexico (online)''' - good for materials like PEEK and PTFE in small quantities<br />
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==Printing Materials Suppliers==<br />
For ABS/PLA/Etc. suppliers see [[Printing Material Suppliers]]<br />
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==For-Sale Forum==<br />
* RepRap parts are also listed for sale on the [http://forums.reprap.org/list.php?94 RepRap For-Sale Forum]<br />
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==Related Projects==<br />
* [http://makerbot.com/ Makerbot] - seller of fully assembled/parts kits/pcb-only kits for RepRap Generation 3 electronics and plastruder parts. (NYC)<br />
* [http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/ Bits from Bytes] - seller of plastic filament and alternative (non RepRap standard) electronics.<br />
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The RepRap II: Mendel is open source hardware and so there is not a single place to buy it but rather many options. This competition is encouraged so that prices become lower over time. Below is a list of places to find Mendel parts and/or kits.<br />
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For a spreadsheet containing the complete Mendel parts list together with listings of suppliers, [[Mendel_assembly_data_sheet |see this page]].<br />
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'''Note:''' it is not necessary to purchase a kit, many [[:Category:Mendel RepStrap|RepStraps]] are available either to buy or to build that can be easily assembled with tools you may already own.<br />
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==For Sale Forum==<br />
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We run a [http://dev.forums.reprap.org/index.php?93 For Sale/Wanted Forum] where people who have sets of RepRap parts for sale can advertise the fact and others can post requests to buy. ''Caveat emptor'' - we try to keep complete rogues and con artists off this forum, but it is open to the entire planet. Don't send money unless you're confident that you know what you're doing.<br />
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==Fully Assembled Mendel Kits==<br />
* No mendel kits are for sale yet but when they become available please list them here.<br />
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=In Alphabetical Order=<br />
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==Mendel Parts Kits==<br />
===Full Kits===<br />
* No truly reprapped mendel kits are for sale yet but when they become available please list them here.<br />
===Laser-Cut Kits===<br />
* [http://www.botmill.com/ '''BotMill'''] - they sell a Laser-Cut Mendel-alike ( This is kinda like the RapMan laser-cut Darwin was to the true Darwin, a very,very close relative)<br />
* [http://techzonecom.com/ techzonecom] - they sell a Laser-Cut Mendel-alike and other parts and electronics ( see: [[LaserCut_Mendel]]<br />
* [http://flemingcnc.com/ flemingcnc] - they sell a Mendel-alike called "Isaac" that is optimised to be produced commercially on a CNC machine.<br />
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===Electrical and mechanical kits and parts===<br />
* [http://www.mendel-parts.com/ Mendel-Parts.com] - Full Hardware kits, bearings, belts, aluminum and plastic Thick/Thin sheets, Kapton tape&film, extruder parts, stepper motors, SLS printed parts, reprapped plastics on pre-order.<br />
* [http://www.reprapcentral.com/ '''RepRap Central'''] - Dedicated RepRap Retailer - Mendel M4 Parts Supplier - Great deal on NEMA 17 Stepper Motors<br />
* [http://RepRapKit.com/ RepRap Kit] - seller of plastic filament, bearings, etc. (UK)<br />
* [http://profounddevices.com/ ProfoundDevices] - seller of a complete parts kit for the [[Mendel Variations/Catalyst]] -- electronics, plastics (polyurethane), threaded rod, screws, etc. (Oregon)<br />
* [http://makerbot.com/ Makerbot] - seller of fully assembled/parts kits/pcb-only kits for RepRap Generation 3 electronics and plastruder parts. (NYC)<br />
* [http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/ Bits from Bytes] - seller of plastic filament and alternative (non RepRap standard) electronics.<br />
* [http://www.reprapsource.com/ RepRap Source] - seller of plastic filament, older generation PCBs, and mechanical parts.<br />
* [http://www.iprint3d.org/ iPrint3D] - seller of RepRap Generation 3 electronics<br />
* [https://shop.grrf.de/index.php?main_page= German RepRap Foundation (GRRF)] - seller of fully assembled kits for RepRap Generation 3 electronics, plastruder parts, stepper motors, plastics (ABS), mechanics kits and RepStrap kits.<br />
* [http://kd85.com/ KD85.com] - Suppliers of RepRap parts and materials in Europe.<br />
* [http://parts.reprap.org/ RepRap Parts Lister] - generates shopping lists for a couple different stores. Currently limited to the Gen 3 electronics.<br />
* [http://www.3dp-tools.com/ 3dp-tools] - Seller of plastic filament, components and complete printers with alternative electronics<br />
*[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1201/ Pololu ] - Provider of a alternative stepper driver, for more information visit http://reprap.org/wiki/Pololu_Electronics<br />
* [http://ultimachine.com/ UltiMachine] - seller of electronics, mechanical parts, and printing materials.<br />
* [http://www.reprapstores.com/ RepRap Stores] - Multiple vendors and RepRappers selling kits, parts and materials<br />
* [http://www.makergear.com/ MakerGear] - Plastruders, Parts, Filament, Surfaces, Platforms, Printed Parts and More<br />
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===Reprapped Parts Kits===<br />
* Reprapped Parts Kits and other components, some are on [http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?LH_AvailTo=3&_nkw=reprap eBay].<br />
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==Non-kit Mendel Parts Suppliers==<br />
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===Stepper Motors===<br />
*[[Suppliers/Stepper Motors]] - Includes details to determine if a motor is suitable<br />
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===Electrical===<br />
* [http://www.digikey.com/ digikey US] - '''(online)'''<br />
* [http://www.digikey.ca/ digikey Canada] - '''Canada (online)'''<br />
* [http://mouser.com Mouser] - '''online'''<br />
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===Mechanical===<br />
* [http://www.mcmaster.com/ McMaster-Carr] - '''ships to US addresses only (online)''' - one stop supplier for all the non-RR mechanical parts of Mendel.<br />
* [http://www.fastenal.com/web/home.ex Fastenal] - '''Canada and US (stores/online)''' - supplies all non-RR mechanical parts except for the drive belts.<br />
* [http://www.sdp-si.com/web/html/products.htm SDP/SI] - '''Canada (online)''' - supplies non-RR mechanical parts including drive belts (unknown if they supply all non-RR parts or not).<br />
* [http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRHM MSC Industrial] - '''US, Canada, Mexico (online)''' - good for nuts, bolts, threaded rod and washers, not much else<br />
* [http://www.smallparts.com Small Parts] - '''US, Canada, Mexico (online)''' - good for materials like PEEK and PTFE in small quantities<br />
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==Printing Materials Suppliers==<br />
For ABS/PLA/Etc. suppliers see [[Printing Material Suppliers]]<br />
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==For-Sale Forum==<br />
* RepRap parts are also listed for sale on the [http://forums.reprap.org/list.php?94 RepRap For-Sale Forum]<br />
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== General information ==<br />
The following instructions are provided by TechZoneCommunications and apply to the connections of the electronics sold by them. For source code and other information about these electronics you can see this page: [[Generation_3_Electronics/Tech_Zone_Remix]]<br />
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= Making the Cables (I know, they are a pain...)=<br />
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The majority of the problems that users first run into, as they assemble and connect the electronics, are related to the assembly of the cables themselves. It is important to make sure your cables are properly assembled, and test them to make sure that they have good continuity.<br />
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==Ten Pin Cables With Black IDC Connectors== <br />
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[[Image:TenPinCable.jpg|border|left|250px|The assembled ten pin cable]]<br />
[[Image:TenPinPositionConnector.jpg|border|right|250px|Positioning the cable over the connectors.]]<br />
[[Image:TenPinCablePressCap.jpg|border|left|250px|pressing the cap onto the connector]]<br />
[[Image:TenPinFinishedEnd.jpg|border|right|250px|A photo of a finished end]]<br />
The ten pin cables are fairly straight forward. You simply lay the cable on top of the contacts (top right photo) and then place the "cap" over them. I use a board to press the cap on evenly (like in the second photo on the right), since uneven pressure may result in a broken cap and incomplete electrical connection in the cable. <br />
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What you need to watch out for on these cables is to put the red edge the same direction for BOTH ends of the cable (look closely at the top left photo for details), if you get one end backwards from the other, then the cable will not work as it should.<br />
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==Two, Three, and six pin cables==<br />
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[[Image:ThreePinCable.jpg|border|left|250px|The assembled three pin cable]]<br />
[[Image:ThreePinWireSpread.jpg|border|right|250px|Spread the wires to fit the connector.]]<br />
[[Image:ThreePinPositionConnector.jpg|border|left|250px|Positioning the wires behind the contacts.]]<br />
[[Image:ThreePinCablePresswire.jpg|border|right|250px|pressing the wire into the contacts]]<br />
[[Image:ThreePinTest.jpg|border|left|250px|Testing the cable]]These cables may have white, blue or green connectors, they work the same way regardless of the color. all three sizes of connectors are assembled in the same manner. Some people prefer to scavenge connectors off of old computers or other electronics, rather than assembling these cables... this is also fine.<br />
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The cables need to be split and separated near the ends, so that they will fit the spacing of these connectors. <br />
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You then tuck the end of the cable into the space just past the IDC contacts in the connector. You can then press the cable down into the IDC contacts using a small screw driver or other thin, rigid tool. <br />
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I have had my best success using a small piece of sheet metal, with the edges curled over so that I don't cut myself while pressing the cables in. If you don't have a small enough flat blade screw driver (one that is too large will spread the contacts and they will never sever the insulation to make contact with the wire inside), you can cut a notch into your screw driver, so that it can press down on the cable on each side of the contacts.<br />
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When your cables are done being assembled, you can test them with a multimeter, just touch the probes to the metal that is revealed on the side of the connectors.<br />
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The pictures show a three pin cable being assembled, but all the cables are assembled in the same manner.<br />
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= Hooking up the Main board =<br />
[[Image:MainBoardWiring.jpg|border|left|250px|Shows all the wires connected stepper controller]]<br />
[[Image:MainBoardWiring2.jpg|border|right|250px|A close up of the power wires.]]<br />
These two pictures show the mainboard all wired up. the picture on the left does not have the two, two pin wires connected, so that they don't get in the way of the others.<br />
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The USB to TTL adapter connects to the mainboard with a six pin cable. The six pin cable connects on the left of the board, and the "keyed" pin is to the top (opposite of what the extruder board 6 pin key is set to). The board gets its power from the USB port, so that the board is powered on when this cable is connected.<br />
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The X, Y, and Z axis connect to the top of the mainboard with ten pin connectors. Each cable runs to its respective stepper controller.<br />
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The two pin connectors both go to the extruder controller, the one on the top is the SDA/SCL pins and carries the step and direction information for the extruder's stepper motor. the lower cable is RS485 and can conect to any of the four sets of pins on the mainboard. The keying on this connector is down in the photo. You can connect up to 4 extruders to this mainboard.<br />
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= Hooking up a Stepper Controller =<br />
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[[Image:StepperControllerWiring.jpg|border|left|250px|Shows all the wires connected stepper controller]]<br />
[[Image:StepperControllerPower.jpg|border|right|250px|A close up of the power wires.]]<br />
[[Image:StepperControllerMotorWires.jpg|border|left|250px|A close up of the motor wires]]<br />
[[Image:StepperControllerMotorWires2.jpg|border|right|250px|Another close up of the motor wires, with a different set of wire colors.]]<br />
[[Image:OptoEndstopWiring.jpg|border|right|250px|shows the direction of the cable connection to the opto endstop.]]<br />
On the top left, is a photo of the stepper controller, with all the wires hooke up to it. <br />
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The ten pin connector connects to the correct location on the mainboard (X, Y, or Z) as you make that cable, make sure that both ends have the color coded portion the same direction, if you put your cable together with the red stripe at the opposite end of the connector from what I have, then your cable will appear to be reversed from mine. This is OK as long as both ends are done the same.<br />
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The three pin connector is connected to the opto endstop, in this photo, it is connected to the min the other three pins are for a max endstop if you want to hook one up the red end of this cable is connected to the 5v+ on the actual endstop, that pin should be mated to the pin furthest from the led, the led is the little white thing on the bottom left of the opto endstop in the photo (as in the third picture on the right)<br />
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The top photo on the right shows the power connection. The yellow wire in this photo is the 12v+ and the black wire is the 12v- the terminal blocks should be labled.<br />
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The second photo down on both the left and right shows the connection of the motor wires. The left photo shows the blue, red, green, and black and the right photo shows another colored set. If your motor is going the opposite direction from what you expect, then swap them by 180 degrees, for example switch blue and black with each other and switch red and green with each other.<br />
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More information about stepper motor wiring can be found at [[Stepper_wiring]] This may also help you connect different types of stepper motors.<br />
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= Connecting the Extruder Controller =<br />
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There are several wires that hook into the extruder controller. The photos and descriptions below have most of the wires not featured in the photo removed, for clarity. You will need to hook all the wires up, before it will work completely.<br />
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== Connecting Power, Motors, and Other Loads to the Extruder Controller==<br />
The screw terminal blocks, should be labeled, and fairly self explanatory, but I know that Photos are far more effective than words (or in this case labels).<br />
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[[Image:ExtruderTerminalWiring.jpg|border|left|250px|Shows all the wires connected to screw terminals]]<br />
[[Image:ExtruderPowerNHeater.jpg|border|right|250px|Shows the power wires and the wires connected to the heater on the extruder tip.]][[Image:ExtruderMotorWiring.jpg|border|left|250px|Shows the motor wires]][[Image:ExtruderMotorWiring2.jpg|border|right|250px|Another set of motor wires.]]The top picture on the left is a photo of all the wires going into the screw terminals (all other wires have been removed for clarity). On the right, the power wires are connected, as are the two wires leads for the heater on the extruder tip. The power wires are polarized and the 12v + should be connected to the second position (yellow in this photo) and the 12v- (or ground) should be connected to the first position (black in this photo). <br />
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The heater leads are red and orange in this photo, but it does not matter the color, or order of these wires. They are connected to the C position on the terminal blocks.<br />
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A and B positions on these terminal blocks can be programmed for other loads, such as a cooling fan, or a heated bed.<br />
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The second photo on the left is of the motor wires. I have used the most common color of wires, but your may be different. If the motor direction is reversed from what you expect, then simply flip all the wires 180 degrees, by swapping blue with black, and red with green.<br />
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The second photo on the right is just like the photo on the left, but with a different colored set of wires<br />
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More information about stepper motor wiring can be found at [[Stepper_wiring]]<br />
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== Connecting the Main board to the Extruder Controller ==<br />
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[[Image:MainboardToExtruder.jpg|border|left|250px|Both of the wires that connect the Main board to the Extruder Board]]<br />
[[Image:MainboardToExtruder-Closeup.jpg|border|right|250px|Close-up of the wires on the Extruder end.]] The main board is connected to the Extruder board with two separate wires. The first wire (shown as the bottom wire in the photo) is the RS485 communications wire, the main board communicates over this wire to the extruder, to give it commands, and to receive information back (like the temperature of the Hot End). The second wire is only needed if you are using a stepper motor with your extruder. It uses the I2C communications port off of the main board and the D9/D10 pins on the extruder Controller. This cable carries the step and direction information for the extruder's stepper motor.<br />
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A little background: These two boards are connected together with 2 wires, in most of the modern implementations of the RepRap, but the original design only used the RS485, and expected you to use a variable speed DC motor. When the extruder evolved to use stepper motors, someone figured out how to make all of that work (with timings, PWM and other technical stuff I am not going into on this page), but it requires the second connection to pass the working information to the extruder, this is required, because the RS485 communications protocols are not "Fast" enough to deal with the information needed for the stepper motor<br />
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The photo on the right is just a close up of the same wires.<br />
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[[Image:GuyPommaresElectronics.jpg|border|left|250px|Guy Pommares didn't like the default electronics mounting board, so he made a different one. (I kinda like it!)]]The photo to the Left is a picture of a Machine owned by Guy Pommares. He felt like the front electronics mounting board was in the way, so he made a different one and mounted the electronics on the side. (This picture is posted here with his permission, Thanks Guy!) <br />
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Also of interest in this photo, he made a belt tensioner for the X axis, you can see it near the bottom right of the photo.<br />
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= A few different ways to connect Temperature sensors=<br />
There are several ways to detect the temperature of the hot end of the extruder, below we have shown a couple of them. Use the one that fits your configuration<br />
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==Connecting in the TechZone Thermocouple A/D converter ==<br />
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This converter is in a pre-release format, and is a variation of the adapter found on the [[Thermocouple_Sensor_1_0]] page, but we have changed the firmware so that you do not need to remove the capacitor as shown in the instructions under that link. (Read that page for background, history, inspiration, whatever, but follow these directions if you received your A/D converter from TechZoneCommunications)<br />
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For information on the Firmware, and to download the firmware file, see [[TechZone_Thermocouple_Firmware]] page.(coming soon)<br />
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[[Image:ThermocoupleA-DConnection-1.jpg|border|left|250px|This photo shows the 4 pin connection used in the Thermocouple A/D]] [[Image:ThermocoupleA-DConnection-2.jpg|border|right|250px|This photo shows the single wire connection.]]The four pin connector is connected to the four pins on the mainboard as shown in the photo on the left and the single wire is connected into one of the ten pins in the old quadrature connector as shown on the right.<br />
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[[Image:ThermocoupleConnection-1.jpg|border|left|250px|This is the thermocouple itself connecting to the A/D converter]] [[Image:HeaterWireConnection-2.jpg|border|right|250px|This photo shows connecting the heater wires to the Extruder Controller, these leads are connected to the resistance wire in the tip of the extruder.]]The picture on the left shows the thermocouple as it is connected to the screw terminals on the A-D Converter. The A/D converter itself is mounted somewhere on the extruder, to keep the temperature reading as accurate as possible, I try to mount it somewhere not directly next to the motor (the motor gets hot). It can be mounted with a small screw, a dab of epoxy, or with some hot glue.<br />
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Before turning on the heater, you need to make sure the thermocouple is connected with the correct polarity. To do this, load the RepRap host software and go to the extruder tab. It should be providing you with a temperature reading. If you put your finger on the tip of the extruder for a minute, you should see that temperature go up. If it goes down, then you have the polarity of the thermocouple reversed and you need to swap the wires.<br />
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The Photo on the right of this text, shows the connection of the heater lead wires to the Extruder Controller. it is the second set of wires from the right side of the 8 terminal block. This picture shows them as red and orange wires. They are not polarized (you can switch them places and it won't matter). I recommend not hooking these two wires up until you are ready to heat up your extruder tip. That should happen after you test all other aspects of your extruder and know that it works.<br />
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Here are some more photos to help with the details (a picture is better than any words I can create)<br />
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== Using a standard thermistor==<br />
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[[Image:ThermistorConnection.jpg|border|left|250px|The two pins connected to the thermistor inputs on the extruder controller]]The leads from your thermistor can be connected to the two pins, as shown in the photo. Polarity does not matter on this connection.<br />
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= Connecting a Stepper Controller to Drive the Extruder Stepper Motor =<br />
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Having hooked a stepper controller up to the extruder motor, and run it that way, I will never go back! It runs much more quietly, and seems to behave much better. I think that the reason for this is that the Extruder Controller is not designed to run a stepper motor, but has been "hacked" to run the stepper motor. Whereas, the Stepper controller is designed to run the stepper motor from the get-go. I found a description about how to do this somewhere (and I thought it was on the Wiki), but could not find it again to share with several of the TechZone customers who were interested in trying this... so I have created this section.<br />
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You can do this with makerbot electronics as well.<br />
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[[Image:StepperExtruder1.jpg|border|left|250px|This photo shows the cable going from the SDA/SCL of the mainboard to the ten pin connector on the stepper controller, it also shows the wire used to enable the stepper controller]] [[Image:StepperExtruder2.jpg|border|right|250px|This photo which pins in the ten pin connector are used.]]The process of connecting the Stepper controller to the Extruder stepper motor is fairly easy. Instead of hooking the SCA/SCL pins from the mainboard to the D9/D10 pins on the extruder board, you hook them to the step and direction pins on the Stepper Controller, as shown on the photos on the left and right (on the left, it is the cable that comes up too close and goes out of focus). You also need to connect the enable pin to ground on the stepper controller. I do this with a jumper wire from the max ground to the enable pin on the controller, it is the single yellow wire in the photos, there is a photo below, which shows the ground being connected to a ground pin on the ten pin connector.<br />
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Polarity on the 2 pin wire is important, but if you hook it up backwards, it just won't turn the motor as it should and you can reverse the wire.<br />
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Connecting the power and the motor wires to the stepper controller is the same as it is on all of the Axis stepper controllers.<br />
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You can take a stepper motor from one of your axis (like the Z axis), temporarily, and connect it in this way, to see how different your extruder performs. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.<br />
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This page will attempt to provide information on how to connect all the electroncis together, and make sure they are performing as they should.<br />
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== General information ==<br />
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= Making the Cables (I know, they are a pain...)=<br />
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The majority of the problems that users first run into, as they assemble and connect the electronics, are related to the assembly of the cables themselves. It is important to make sure your cables are properly assembled, and test them to make sure that they have good continuity.<br />
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==Ten Pin Cables With Black IDC Connectors== <br />
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[[Image:TenPinCable.jpg|border|left|250px|The assembled ten pin cable]]<br />
[[Image:TenPinPositionConnector.jpg|border|right|250px|Positioning the cable over the connectors.]]<br />
[[Image:TenPinCablePressCap.jpg|border|left|250px|pressing the cap onto the connector]]<br />
[[Image:TenPinFinishedEnd.jpg|border|right|250px|A photo of a finished end]]<br />
The ten pin cables are fairly straight forward. You simply lay the cable on top of the contacts (top right photo) and then place the "cap" over them. I use a board to press the cap on evenly (like in the second photo on the right), since uneven pressure may result in a broken cap and incomplete electrical connection in the cable. <br />
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What you need to watch out for on these cables is to put the red edge the same direction for BOTH ends of the cable (look closely at the top left photo for details), if you get one end backwards from the other, then the cable will not work as it should.<br />
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==Two, Three, and six pin cables==<br />
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[[Image:ThreePinCable.jpg|border|left|250px|The assembled three pin cable]]<br />
[[Image:ThreePinWireSpread.jpg|border|right|250px|Spread the wires to fit the connector.]]<br />
[[Image:ThreePinPositionConnector.jpg|border|left|250px|Positioning the wires behind the contacts.]]<br />
[[Image:ThreePinCablePresswire.jpg|border|right|250px|pressing the wire into the contacts]]<br />
[[Image:ThreePinTest.jpg|border|left|250px|Testing the cable]]These cables may have white, blue or green connectors, they work the same way regardless of the color. all three sizes of connectors are assembled in the same manner. Some people prefer to scavenge connectors off of old computers or other electronics, rather than assembling these cables... this is also fine.<br />
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The cables need to be split and separated near the ends, so that they will fit the spacing of these connectors. <br />
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You then tuck the end of the cable into the space just past the IDC contacts in the connector. You can then press the cable down into the IDC contacts using a small screw driver or other thin, rigid tool. <br />
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I have had my best success using a small piece of sheet metal, with the edges curled over so that I don't cut myself while pressing the cables in. If you don't have a small enough flat blade screw driver (one that is too large will spread the contacts and they will never sever the insulation to make contact with the wire inside), you can cut a notch into your screw driver, so that it can press down on the cable on each side of the contacts.<br />
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When your cables are done being assembled, you can test them with a multimeter, just touch the probes to the metal that is revealed on the side of the connectors.<br />
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The pictures show a three pin cable being assembled, but all the cables are assembled in the same manner.<br />
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= Hooking up the Main board =<br />
[[Image:MainBoardWiring.jpg|border|left|250px|Shows all the wires connected stepper controller]]<br />
[[Image:MainBoardWiring2.jpg|border|right|250px|A close up of the power wires.]]<br />
These two pictures show the mainboard all wired up. the picture on the left does not have the two, two pin wires connected, so that they don't get in the way of the others.<br />
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The USB to TTL adapter connects to the mainboard with a six pin cable. The six pin cable connects on the left of the board, and the "keyed" pin is to the top (opposite of what the extruder board 6 pin key is set to). The board gets its power from the USB port, so that the board is powered on when this cable is connected.<br />
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The X, Y, and Z axis connect to the top of the mainboard with ten pin connectors. Each cable runs to its respective stepper controller.<br />
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The two pin connectors both go to the extruder controller, the one on the top is the SDA/SCL pins and carries the step and direction information for the extruder's stepper motor. the lower cable is RS485 and can conect to any of the four sets of pins on the mainboard. The keying on this connector is down in the photo. You can connect up to 4 extruders to this mainboard.<br />
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= Hooking up a Stepper Controller =<br />
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[[Image:StepperControllerWiring.jpg|border|left|250px|Shows all the wires connected stepper controller]]<br />
[[Image:StepperControllerPower.jpg|border|right|250px|A close up of the power wires.]]<br />
[[Image:StepperControllerMotorWires.jpg|border|left|250px|A close up of the motor wires]]<br />
[[Image:StepperControllerMotorWires2.jpg|border|right|250px|Another close up of the motor wires, with a different set of wire colors.]]<br />
[[Image:OptoEndstopWiring.jpg|border|right|250px|shows the direction of the cable connection to the opto endstop.]]<br />
On the top left, is a photo of the stepper controller, with all the wires hooke up to it. <br />
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The ten pin connector connects to the correct location on the mainboard (X, Y, or Z) as you make that cable, make sure that both ends have the color coded portion the same direction, if you put your cable together with the red stripe at the opposite end of the connector from what I have, then your cable will appear to be reversed from mine. This is OK as long as both ends are done the same.<br />
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The three pin connector is connected to the opto endstop, in this photo, it is connected to the min the other three pins are for a max endstop if you want to hook one up the red end of this cable is connected to the 5v+ on the actual endstop, that pin should be mated to the pin furthest from the led, the led is the little white thing on the bottom left of the opto endstop in the photo (as in the third picture on the right)<br />
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The top photo on the right shows the power connection. The yellow wire in this photo is the 12v+ and the black wire is the 12v- the terminal blocks should be labled.<br />
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The second photo down on both the left and right shows the connection of the motor wires. The left photo shows the blue, red, green, and black and the right photo shows another colored set. If your motor is going the opposite direction from what you expect, then swap them by 180 degrees, for example switch blue and black with each other and switch red and green with each other.<br />
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More information about stepper motor wiring can be found at [[Stepper_wiring]] This may also help you connect different types of stepper motors.<br />
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= Connecting the Extruder Controller =<br />
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There are several wires that hook into the extruder controller. The photos and descriptions below have most of the wires not featured in the photo removed, for clarity. You will need to hook all the wires up, before it will work completely.<br />
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== Connecting Power, Motors, and Other Loads to the Extruder Controller==<br />
The screw terminal blocks, should be labeled, and fairly self explanatory, but I know that Photos are far more effective than words (or in this case labels).<br />
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[[Image:ExtruderTerminalWiring.jpg|border|left|250px|Shows all the wires connected to screw terminals]]<br />
[[Image:ExtruderPowerNHeater.jpg|border|right|250px|Shows the power wires and the wires connected to the heater on the extruder tip.]][[Image:ExtruderMotorWiring.jpg|border|left|250px|Shows the motor wires]][[Image:ExtruderMotorWiring2.jpg|border|right|250px|Another set of motor wires.]]The top picture on the left is a photo of all the wires going into the screw terminals (all other wires have been removed for clarity). On the right, the power wires are connected, as are the two wires leads for the heater on the extruder tip. The power wires are polarized and the 12v + should be connected to the second position (yellow in this photo) and the 12v- (or ground) should be connected to the first position (black in this photo). <br />
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The heater leads are red and orange in this photo, but it does not matter the color, or order of these wires. They are connected to the C position on the terminal blocks.<br />
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A and B positions on these terminal blocks can be programmed for other loads, such as a cooling fan, or a heated bed.<br />
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The second photo on the left is of the motor wires. I have used the most common color of wires, but your may be different. If the motor direction is reversed from what you expect, then simply flip all the wires 180 degrees, by swapping blue with black, and red with green.<br />
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The second photo on the right is just like the photo on the left, but with a different colored set of wires<br />
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More information about stepper motor wiring can be found at [[Stepper_wiring]]<br />
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== Connecting the Main board to the Extruder Controller ==<br />
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[[Image:MainboardToExtruder.jpg|border|left|250px|Both of the wires that connect the Main board to the Extruder Board]]<br />
[[Image:MainboardToExtruder-Closeup.jpg|border|right|250px|Close-up of the wires on the Extruder end.]] The main board is connected to the Extruder board with two separate wires. The first wire (shown as the bottom wire in the photo) is the RS485 communications wire, the main board communicates over this wire to the extruder, to give it commands, and to receive information back (like the temperature of the Hot End). The second wire is only needed if you are using a stepper motor with your extruder. It uses the I2C communications port off of the main board and the D9/D10 pins on the extruder Controller. This cable carries the step and direction information for the extruder's stepper motor.<br />
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A little background: These two boards are connected together with 2 wires, in most of the modern implementations of the RepRap, but the original design only used the RS485, and expected you to use a variable speed DC motor. When the extruder evolved to use stepper motors, someone figured out how to make all of that work (with timings, PWM and other technical stuff I am not going into on this page), but it requires the second connection to pass the working information to the extruder, this is required, because the RS485 communications protocols are not "Fast" enough to deal with the information needed for the stepper motor<br />
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The photo on the right is just a close up of the same wires.<br />
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[[Image:GuyPommaresElectronics.jpg|border|left|250px|Guy Pommares didn't like the default electronics mounting board, so he made a different one. (I kinda like it!)]]The photo to the Left is a picture of a Machine owned by Guy Pommares. He felt like the front electronics mounting board was in the way, so he made a different one and mounted the electronics on the side. (This picture is posted here with his permission, Thanks Guy!) <br />
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Also of interest in this photo, he made a belt tensioner for the X axis, you can see it near the bottom right of the photo.<br />
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= A few different ways to connect Temperature sensors=<br />
There are several ways to detect the temperature of the hot end of the extruder, below we have shown a couple of them. Use the one that fits your configuration<br />
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==Connecting in the TechZone Thermocouple A/D converter ==<br />
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This converter is in a pre-release format, and is a variation of the adapter found on the [[Thermocouple_Sensor_1_0]] page, but we have changed the firmware so that you do not need to remove the capacitor as shown in the instructions under that link. (Read that page for background, history, inspiration, whatever, but follow these directions if you received your A/D converter from TechZoneCommunications)<br />
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For information on the Firmware, and to download the firmware file, see [[TechZone_Thermocouple_Firmware]] page.(coming soon)<br />
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[[Image:ThermocoupleA-DConnection-1.jpg|border|left|250px|This photo shows the 4 pin connection used in the Thermocouple A/D]] [[Image:ThermocoupleA-DConnection-2.jpg|border|right|250px|This photo shows the single wire connection.]]The four pin connector is connected to the four pins on the mainboard as shown in the photo on the left and the single wire is connected into one of the ten pins in the old quadrature connector as shown on the right.<br />
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[[Image:ThermocoupleConnection-1.jpg|border|left|250px|This is the thermocouple itself connecting to the A/D converter]] [[Image:HeaterWireConnection-2.jpg|border|right|250px|This photo shows connecting the heater wires to the Extruder Controller, these leads are connected to the resistance wire in the tip of the extruder.]]The picture on the left shows the thermocouple as it is connected to the screw terminals on the A-D Converter. The A/D converter itself is mounted somewhere on the extruder, to keep the temperature reading as accurate as possible, I try to mount it somewhere not directly next to the motor (the motor gets hot). It can be mounted with a small screw, a dab of epoxy, or with some hot glue.<br />
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Before turning on the heater, you need to make sure the thermocouple is connected with the correct polarity. To do this, load the RepRap host software and go to the extruder tab. It should be providing you with a temperature reading. If you put your finger on the tip of the extruder for a minute, you should see that temperature go up. If it goes down, then you have the polarity of the thermocouple reversed and you need to swap the wires.<br />
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The Photo on the right of this text, shows the connection of the heater lead wires to the Extruder Controller. it is the second set of wires from the right side of the 8 terminal block. This picture shows them as red and orange wires. They are not polarized (you can switch them places and it won't matter). I recommend not hooking these two wires up until you are ready to heat up your extruder tip. That should happen after you test all other aspects of your extruder and know that it works.<br />
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Here are some more photos to help with the details (a picture is better than any words I can create)<br />
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== Using a standard thermistor==<br />
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[[Image:ThermistorConnection.jpg|border|left|250px|The two pins connected to the thermistor inputs on the extruder controller]]The leads from your thermistor can be connected to the two pins, as shown in the photo. Polarity does not matter on this connection.<br />
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= Connecting a Stepper Controller to Drive the Extruder Stepper Motor =<br />
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Having hooked a stepper controller up to the extruder motor, and run it that way, I will never go back! It runs much more quietly, and seems to behave much better. I think that the reason for this is that the Extruder Controller is not designed to run a stepper motor, but has been "hacked" to run the stepper motor. Whereas, the Stepper controller is designed to run the stepper motor from the get-go. I found a description about how to do this somewhere (and I thought it was on the Wiki), but could not find it again to share with several of the TechZone customers who were interested in trying this... so I have created this section.<br />
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[[Image:StepperExtruder1.jpg|border|left|250px|This photo shows the cable going from the SDA/SCL of the mainboard to the ten pin connector on the stepper controller, it also shows the wire used to enable the stepper controller]] [[Image:StepperExtruder2.jpg|border|right|250px|This photo which pins in the ten pin connector are used.]]The process of connecting the Stepper controller to the Extruder stepper motor is fairly easy. Instead of hooking the SCA/SCL pins from the mainboard to the D9/D10 pins on the extruder board, you hook them to the step and direction pins on the Stepper Controller, as shown on the photos on the left and right (on the left, it is the cable that comes up too close and goes out of focus). You also need to connect the enable pin to ground on the stepper controller. I do this with a jumper wire from the max ground to the enable pin on the controller, it is the single yellow wire in the photos.<br />
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Polarity on the 2 pin wire is important, but if you hook it up backwards, it just won't turn the motor as it should and you can reverse the wire.<br />
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Connecting the power and the motor wires to the stepper controller is the same as it is on all of the Axis stepper controllers.<br />
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You can take a stepper motor from one of your axis, temporarily, and connect it in this way, to see how different your extruder performs. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.<br />
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Sorry for the less than clear photos, I will take some new pictures when I get my good camera back.</div>WikiSysop