I have some of the things I need on order to build a 3d printer with my udoo. I'm going with a kossel mini type delta printer, the printed plastic parts are paid for, the openbeam frame members are also ordered and paid for, the ramps-fd (due compatable 3d printer shield) is paid and shipped, 3 stepstick stepper motor drivers are ordered. need one more of those later. and 3 cheap stepper motors for testing are paid for and shipped.. need to order 1 more stepstick driver, 1 hotend. (j type from hotends.com) 3 standard nema 17 type stepper motors, and 1 nema 17 with gearbox for the extruder. 9 v roller type bearings for the carriages 6 diagonal rods for the effector that carries the hotend. 4 microswitches, and that might be it.. software, I'm going to try Repeltier-firmware (the development branch) because it supports ramps-fd and arduino due, and a delta type printer. for the i.mx6 side, I'm going with repelier host, since it seems to work on the udoo, has a slic3r included. havent messed around with it yet.. but it did compile and install.. the firmware compiled in the Arduino ide and uploaded with out errors.. I did a quick test, and the repetier firmware connects to repetier host. so its a start.. once I have the shield and motors I can see if it responds.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/firehopper/11436482383/ < heres a teaser photo of the frame for my printer.. lots more parts to buy.. :O
not sure.. I've spent about $9.50 for 4 limit switches. $11 for a pack of most of the screws needed. $30 for the plastic parts. $60 for the openbeams $30 for the ramps-fd shield $11 for 3 stepsticks.. (need one more) $52 for 3 nema17 size stepper motors. 5.5kg/cm or 76oz/in $35 for 3 gt2 16 tooth pulleys, 4 meters of gt2 6mm wide belt, 6 flanged bearings, and one regular bearing for the extruder $2 for two pens to get the pen springs. $2 for some safety pins. (only need one) $73.55 for 9 Dual 623 V Roller (#'Dual 623 V' Delrin Roller) $43.90 for 6 pushrods for the effector platform. $4,45 for ptfe tubing for extruder to hotend $6.58 for another stepper motor driver $5.94 for fireplace cement for assembly of the hotend $4.10 for kapton tape for assembly of the hotend $69.21 for a J-head hot end ordered from hotends.com $47.66 for the extruder driver motor $3.00 for 2 pushfit connectors to go with the ptfe tubing $37.45 for the 170mm round borosilicate glass print bed $13.50 for the driver gear for the extruder running total $551.93 I still need - pla plastic - $30? I think thats all I need yet will keep updating this as I purchase the items needed.
I am interested in the same kind of thing. What are you planning to do about a monitor? Will you be able to watch it live and send out video?
I have a 17" laptop lcd I'm reusing for the monitor, it uses a ebay purchased lvds > hdmi/vga/dvi converter. seems to work great once I edit the uboot envs to force 1440x900 resolution. (native panel res)
as for firmware, havent decided 100% yet.. theres 2 right now that should work.. aprinter. which does not use the arduino libs.. and currently does not support deltas(he's working on that) it does support due though. this does not compile in the ide, but via a shell script. so I compile this in a VM on my pc, then sneakernet it to the udoo for uploading using bossac. Repetier firmware development branch, which does support delta and due, and does use the arduino ide to compile, and upload.
Have you considered LinuxCNC as the controller? Not that anyone has it working on the Udoo yet, but it runs on BeagleBone, and can handle odd kinematics: http://youtu.be/ouyx65C7L-o
nice new update aprinter now infact does support deltas and did a test run with power now that my ramps-fd shield has arrived, and it works.. after figuring out a small issue with the aprinter firmware (the author figured it out) and figuring out my mis configuration of slic3r it works great so far, now to get the extruder stuff and I might be actually able to print something
photo of the ramps-fd shield on my udoo, and video of the printer working! video http://youtu.be/65-PJatg3wA photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/firehopper/11845371434/
thats the next purchases.. hot end is gonna be a jhead. platform is gonna be unheated for now.. thats a future thing.
third post has been updated with stuff I've bought for this project. running total is now $497.98 and not many more parts to go, then I'll be able to print with it! anyone wanna help buy the parts I need yet? ran out of money this paycheck
What sort of print area are you going to get out of that setup? That's always been my biggest issue with a lot of these 3D printers - they often can't do anything decent sized. I want to be able to make parts for robots and such and 4"x4"x6" print areas just won't cut it for that...
according to the info 170mm diameter x 300mm ish so thats 6 5/8 diameter by 11 3/4 ish and the nice thing about a kossel. is its easy to make it bigger.. bigger frame, and bigger pushrods. and a longer belts adjust the firmware and your good
all the parts are here.. having a few issues of sometimes things not starting properly.. and having to restart the udoo, so something with staying on for a long time.. may need to replace the thermistor as well..
