When I decided to build the Avayanium 3D Printer, I scoured the web while trying to find the perfect topology to attack. There are so many of them out there, I was kind of overwhelmed. Luckily, one day I saw…
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How To Extract 3A Out Of Your 2.5A Stepper Driver
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If this was Tool Time with Tim Allen, I would have had to start this post with “What do we want? More power! And so, I rewired it!…” only to be followed by “WARF…WARF… WARF…” But I am not the…
A First Look At My 3D Printer Extruder
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It took me about 48 hours to get this puppy complete. From conception to implementation! I must admit, however, that I have had the idea of how it should look and work lingering in the back of my mind for…
Configuring The CNC Mother Board To Work With MACH3
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MACH3 is very a versatile CNC machine controller and it can be adapted to practically anything you can think of. For most people, however, it is all of this flexibility what makes it so daunting to give it a try.…
Secrets of CNC Control Board Electronics
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The CNC Mother Board is a one stop solution, housing the great majority of blocks you will need to put pretty much any CNC machine together. That is CNC routers or mills, CNC plasma cutters, CNC lathes, etc. In this…
What is a 3D Printer???
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If you are reading this post, chances are you know what a 3D Printer is. It is also quite possible you have been talking about this exciting project when somebody comes up and asks, with curious eyes, ”what is a 3D printer?”…
Keeping It Cool
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You are a secret agent with the latest in gadgetry; superbly handy weapons and an array of fashionably handsome disguises. Your counterpart and nemesis, Doctor Mayhembert, the most insidious villain on the face of this planet, has decided to plunder…
Questions on the AE-DualDC3A DC Motor Driver Board
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A reader posted a good series of questions for the AE-DualDC3A driver board so I thought of answering them on a post in order to offer some information on these topics. I will continue with the 3D Printer mania soon,…
Tackling the 3D Printer Madness
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In 2010 I decided to build a 3D Printer. For days, I glued myself into all of my computers (at work, on my studio, on my massage chair, and at bed) blackholing as much information as I could into my…
How to Select Your Next Motor Driver
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One of the questions that I get the most is how to select a motor driver (AKA Power Stage) from the ocean of available units out there. I am a big fan of TI’s offerings, or a family of devices…