Friday 21 January 2011

Additional Board Needed

After a few months of trying to get the firmware to work correctly. i have conceded to the fact that i need another stepper driver to control the extruder motor, the "Extruder Board Hack" just doesn't seem to cut it and is very sporadic.

Well this meant a redesign for the board mount for where to put the circuit boards. As currently it is only designed to hold three.

I have to say the future (now) is pretty damn awesome, as i decided to to this at midday yesterday, had everything 'CADed up' by 1pm and had the finished product attached to the Mendel by 3pm.

Well once the Mendel works i would be able to do most of this at home.



Top right is where the new board will go.


Two Fans to keep the boards all nice and cool.

I also placed the USB and the XLR between the fans, it is more practical and nicer to look at.

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