I started looking at getting an Arduino MEGA just so I could hook it up and begin wiring the test harness for it and plugging it in, etc. I also started looking at the PIC again and seeing if it was viable to skip the Arduino MEGA and take the basics then put the PIC …
Arduino programming
This is the part that I can do well. Arduino programming language stems from C and Java stems from C/C++. Reading the Arduino code has not been very difficult for me. I have a few Arduino and PIC programming books and even a JStamp and Javelin that I could work with if I wanted to.Here …
Lasersaur
http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/I found this and thought it was very cool. However a laser cutter that costs more than my DIY budget is simply not on my radar. ill keep watching the site for more info to see if they get the cost down to something closer to affordable.
Electronics for printer – RAMPS 1.4
I was out looking for more information on the Arduino MEGA and the RAMPS 1.4 system. I thought, at first, they were two separate systems. As it turns out they are the same system: RepRap Arduino MEGA Pololu Shield (RAMPS) PCB - this is good news; even better than before. As it also turns out …
3D Printer update
After talking with my brother-in-law (remember the genius mechanical engineer), we are going to convert a lot of measurements to imperial so that the majority of the parts can be purchased at your nearby home improvement store. Since he has all of the taps and dies to thread smooth rod, that will save us some …
Filabottery
This weekend I had a chance to sit down for a few minutes and consider that pelleted plastic would be way cheaper than filamented plastic - meaning I could buy 7.5 pounds of ABS pellets for a little more than 1 pound of filamented (extruded) ABS in 3mm or 1.75mm.That means I will have to …
3D Laser Scanner Update
Good and bad news.The first is bad... I have yet to be able to get DAVID to run on Parallels with the PS3 camera. I think I'm going to have to get a camera that will work with Windows to begin with and try it.The good news is that, after talking with my brother-in-law (genius …
3D Laser Scanner Equipment
I wanted to show some of the different equipment we'll be using for the 3D Laser ScanneHere is the PS3 camera - I haven't modified it at all. I did download the drivers (see yesterdays post) so that it would run on my PC (well Windows running on Parallels).Here are the three lasers that I …
Filabot
I like the idea of Filabot (and their kickstarter page) a lot. I generally go through a lot of plastic bottles and other materials during the week. While not ABS nor PLA, there is an aspect of being able to grind my existing plastic (matching materials of course) to make filament to print with... or …
3D Laser Scanner
Since I've decided on the 3D printer I am going to get I thought I'd then turn to the 3D Laser Scanner to get it completed before the printer arrives.I'm using a Mac and that limits my 3D scanning to whatever I can run in parallels or a Windows machine I don't own.I have a …
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