Comments for Airtripper's 3D Printer and Arduino Blog http://airtripper.com 3D Printer usage and modifications plus Arduino powered electronic projects and 3D Printing designs. Sun, 08 Jun 2014 11:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 Comment on Marlin Firmware Home Offset Guide Using G-code M206 by The_ccmhttp://airtripper.com/1799/marlin-firmware-home-offset-guide-using-g-code-m206/#comment-683 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 11:30:05 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=1799#comment-683 Ok thank you. It’s weird because I can’t save offset with M206, when I type m206 Zxx.x then M500 and M501 line 206 is not printing on the serial. Others settings are stored fine and can be changed.

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Comment on Marlin Firmware Home Offset Guide Using G-code M206 by Mark Heywoodhttp://airtripper.com/1799/marlin-firmware-home-offset-guide-using-g-code-m206/#comment-678 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 19:41:54 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=1799#comment-678 Hello,

The gap distance between the nozzle zero position and the bed will be mostly influenced by how well the filament sticks to the bed. With my latest filament, it needs to be pushed right into the bed to prevent warping and lifting around the edges. I think as long as the first layer goes down ok, you are good to go, Getting the exact gap distance to match the nozzle is not vital, subsequent layers will be correct anyway.

Basically, all the settings listed with the M501 g-code command can be set the same way as the home offset.

The Mendel90 is a nice printer, a good design, it should serve you well.

Mark.

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Comment on Marlin Firmware Home Offset Guide Using G-code M206 by the_ccmhttp://airtripper.com/1799/marlin-firmware-home-offset-guide-using-g-code-m206/#comment-677 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 17:35:09 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=1799#comment-677 This is a very useful and simple guide, thank you ! I finished my Mendel90 1 week ago and was always updating configuration.h for Z_AXIS_HOME after measuring so it was very boring. One thing I am missing if my nozzle size is let’s say 0.35mm zero, we should have 0.35mm between nozzle zero position and the bed ?

Also can we also store the E_STEPS_PER_MM value, for example M92 Ennn.nn then M500 ?

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Comment on Marlin Firmware v1, Basic Configuration Set-up Guide by Mark Heywoodhttp://airtripper.com/1145/marlin-firmware-v1-basic-configuration-set-up-guide/#comment-658 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 23:37:37 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=1145#comment-658 Hello,

You will need to explain how far you have got with the firmware configuration, and have you connected to the firmware from the PC with software such as Pronterface or Cura. The firmware may not allow the stepper motors to run if there is no hot end temperature sensor connected. Also, the stepper motors will not operate properly if the end stops are not configured correctly.

It might take a few posts to get you sorted and it might be better to post your question on 3D Printing google group for faster response; link below.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/117814474100552114108

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Comment on Marlin Firmware v1, Basic Configuration Set-up Guide by florianhttp://airtripper.com/1145/marlin-firmware-v1-basic-configuration-set-up-guide/#comment-657 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:51:21 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=1145#comment-657 hey guys.I have a problem with testing stepper motors ,I can not start and demonstrate something with these (i.e control speed). I am using Arduino mega 2560 and Ramps 1.4 and polulu drivers A4988.I do not know how to improve the firmware for my stepper .Can somebody help me to start and control the stepper driver with these : arduino mega 2560 and Ramps 1.4 with polulu A4988 drivers.

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Comment on Arduino Load Cell Circuit & Sketch for Calibration Test by Mark Heywoodhttp://airtripper.com/1626/arduino-load-cell-circuit-sketch-for-calibration-test/#comment-656 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:25:12 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=1626#comment-656 Hello,

I’ve not tried using the 3 wire load cells yet but I believe you have the half bridge type.

To use the circuit in this article, you will need to convert your load cell to a full bridge. The links below point to discussions about converting a 3 wire half bridge load cell to a 4 wire full bridge load cell.

The software for the Arduino outputs grammes but the code can easily edited to output Kg instead, I can help with that when you are ready.

http://www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/3-wire-load-cell-question.32536/
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/showthread.php?t=84383

Mark

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Comment on Arduino Load Cell Circuit & Sketch for Calibration Test by Ammarhttp://airtripper.com/1626/arduino-load-cell-circuit-sketch-for-calibration-test/#comment-651 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 06:48:13 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=1626#comment-651 Hi,

sir, I really don’t know much about,
I use the combination of 3 wires load cell (Red, White and Black wire) which give out 4 pin labelled as S+ S- E+ E-

I want these 4 pin into INA125P , as Vout from INA125P connect to arduino Uno to convert the value to kilograms as I want to calculate the people weight..

Kindly need your help sir…

Ammar

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Comment on Arduino Load Cell Circuit & Sketch for Calibration Test by Mark Heywoodhttp://airtripper.com/1626/arduino-load-cell-circuit-sketch-for-calibration-test/#comment-648 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:25:36 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=1626#comment-648 Hello,

You could use any load cell I guess, the issue you will have is the final measuring resolution after calibration. 180KG load cell might have a resolution of around 200grams through an 10bit analogue microcontroller input such as on the Arduino UNO. The Teensy 3.1 microcontroller will provide better resolution; High Resolution Analog Inputs (13 bits usable, 16 bit hardware).

If you need better resolution than what can be provided by the microcontrollers, try the 24bit HX711 Dual-Channel Weighing Sensor Module. The reads will be much slower, but fast enough if you are just weighing stuff.

Mark

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Comment on Arduino Load Cell Circuit & Sketch for Calibration Test by Ammarhttp://airtripper.com/1626/arduino-load-cell-circuit-sketch-for-calibration-test/#comment-647 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:51:13 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=1626#comment-647 Hi,
you use 5kg load cell right…
can i apply 180kg load cell ?

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Comment on Resistance Wire Heated Build Platform DIY Tutorial by Beginning Work on Custom 3d Printer – Heated Print Bed | Hobbies of a Bogue Rathttp://airtripper.com/698/resistance-wire-heated-build-platform-diy-tutorial/#comment-645 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:08:20 +0000 http://airtripper.com/?p=698#comment-645 […] I started testing the Nichrome wire heating element I based it off Airtripper’s Blog which worked out to a .85 ohm target for the table @ 200 watts/13V.  I bugger’d up the math […]

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