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Drive a 3d printer with "pure" arduino

Posted by Max Rafferty on August 29, 2013 at 5:24pm

Mentioned this idea in another thread, but thought it might warrent its own stuff request. I suppose this is more an advice area than actual stuff, though if anyone in the boston area had something like this setup I wouldn't say no!

So, my question is, does anyone out there have any experience with driving a 3d printer using "standard" arduino, rather than the specialized boards usually used (RAMPS, sanguino, etc)?

thanks,

-Max

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  • Max Rafferty September 9, 2013 at 2:20pm

    Hi Joseph,

    Thanks for the response. I had looked into both of those solutions, but neither seems empirically better than my two dead gen6.d boards or the half-dead sanguino I already have. The solution I'm imagining would be something with the shields (and motors) separated from from the logic board, which would be something cheap and generic like an arduino mega or mini. I suppose at the end of the day the board holding the shields would still be about as expensive and fragile as the single piece of hardware anyway...

    Thanks,

    -Max

  • Joseph Ting September 9, 2013 at 8:47am
    Not sure what you mean by standard Arduino. You have to have a shield of some sort since an Arduino can't handle the power that you need for the stepper motors or extruder. There are Arduino stepper shields, but don't think they can handle all the motors (4) that you need to drive a printer. It's easier to use a RAMPS with an Arduino or a RAMBO.
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