Introducing the Extruder Controller v2.2
Apr 20, 2009
We’re really happy to be carrying the latest, top-of-the-line RepRap electronics which we use to drive our MakerBots. These boards were developed by me (Zach Hoeken) as part of my volunteer work for the RepRap Research Foundation. As always, the designs are 100% open and free. You can hit up the files on Thingiverse, you can read the blog entry introducing the design on the RepRap Blog, or you can skip straight to the wiki page for full-on documentation.
Oh yeah, and we sell them in our online store if you want to get a hold of one. We’re in the process of getting these boards fully assembled (a first for us) and this will probably happen in the next month or two if you don’t feel like doing SMT soldering.
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Allan C. Ecker
April 20th, 2009 at 4:05 pm #
Good to hear the boards will be available fully assembled!
Looking at the assembly instructions, the MakerBot itself isn’t that much more complicated to assemble than a particularly hairy Ikea build, so making assembled boards available will probably make it possible for a lot of artists and designers who *aren’t* electronics-savvy to start building 3D models from their desktops!
Of course, be warned, if you thought getting 20 MakerBot kits together was exhausting, just WAIT till you see the order volumes on something like that… :3