Month: October 2016

Different Filament For Makerbot 5th get Extruder +

Hello, I need help with fine tuning different filament types for my Makertbot.I have the following PLA Filaments:Makerbot, Hatchbox, Inland. Plush Plastic, and 3D SolutechI use the High Print Setting when Im using Makerbot filament and it comes out perfect 99% of the time. The issue is the cost of this filament…The other filaments are a fraction of the cost of the Makerbot filament. However, regardless of what settings and fine tweaking I use for the filaments that I listed there is ALWAYS an issue. They just don’t look good at all. Does anyone have any luck with the filaments that I listed, and if so can you please share your specs to get them to turn out just as good as the Makerbot filament? I would appreciate any and all help with this. Thank you in advance. http://ift.tt/2e7sWmr

LED lighting project for 3d printer, using RAMPS, Marlin, and an Arduino Trinket over serial (if possible)

I am working on a project to add LED lights to my DIY 3d printer, which is running RAMPS 1.4 and Marlin firmware. I am trying to come up with a design that allows me to connect a Neopixel to an Arduino trinket, and the trinket to the RAMPS board to detect temperature changes so I can change lights. Rather than use I2C, and to keep the solution as simple as possible, I was hoping to connect the trinket to the RAMPS board using a serial port, and communicate via GCode- eg. using the M105 command, which gives me the temperature of the nozzle and bed.I think all of this is possible based on some initial research. However, I’m not sure what my options are for connecting to a serial port on the RAMPS board. Is anyone familiar with doing something like this that could help point me in the right direction? http://ift.tt/2dHyWUP