Brian Benchoff writes on the Hackaday blog: Turning The Beaglebone On A Chip Into A 3D Printer Controller It’s understood that 3D printers and CNC machines need to control motors, but there are a few other niceties that are always good … Continue reading Revolve at Midwest RepRap Fest
From the DroneLab at the University of California in San Diego: BeagleMAV BeagleMAV is a 3D-printed hexacopter that derives its extremely low weight of 500 grams (1.1 pounds) from its unique monocoque structure that was designed iteratively with modal finite element … Continue reading BeagleMAV 3D-printed Hexacopter
We were very excited to see that the full color Arcus 3D printer by Daren Schwenke at Midwest RepRap Fest is powered by MachineKit on a BeagleBone Black. Brian Benchoff of Hackaday wrote article about Arcus3D: MRRF 17: True Color 3D … Continue reading True Color 3D Printing with BeagleBone and MachineKit
We look forward to seeing everyone at the Midwest RepRap Fest this weekend in Goshen, Indiana: The 5th annual Midwest RepRap Festival is taking place March 24-26th 2017 in the same location as last year. Nestled in the middle of … Continue reading Midwest RepRap Fest this weekend
@Adam Vadala-Roth has created a couple BeagleBone projects that others may find useful: Beaglebone Black and Breadboard Plate A 3D printable plate that holds a Beaglebone black compatible board and a breadboard together side by side. Vintage Parallax Robot Restoration … Continue reading BeagleBone projects by Adam Vadala-Roth
Interested in 3D printing or materials development? We all know by now that BeagleBone Black has incredibly precise machine control capabilities. Now, Autodesk® just did a bunch of us a big favor when it recently opened up its Ember high-resolution and small footprint stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer. Ember is already being used to produce castings for delicate pieces of jewelry and in photopolymer chemistry research. And now Autodesk has taken the next big step to encourage even more innovation and creative 3D printing applications. All of Embers hardware electronic design and firmware is now downloadable as open source. The mechanical … Continue reading Ember opens the way to 3D printing
by Natalie Nelms Weve all heard about the trend of 3D printing thats on the rise and breaking into many different industries, from automotive to fashion, Makers have embraced 3D printing on a whole new level and many have presented their creations to the public. At least thats what maker Robert Berger did. He demonstrated his 3D printing project, Emmelia, at the Embedded Linux Conference 2014 at the Yocto booth. Berger began the project after purchasing a 3D printer kit. The software included open source, which he said was quite stable, and not Linux (8-bit AVR) so he saw room … Continue reading Project Spotlight: Emmelia – Yocto powered 3D Printer prototype
I just got back from a meetup of Machinekit developers hosted by Tormach, a maker of professional CNC machines. There I got a glimpse into the future of personal CNC machines and 3D printers. Building on the long successful LinuxCNC project, Machinekit has added support for additional platforms, including BeagleBone Black, and additional real-time Linux strategies, including Xenomai and stepper motor driving using the on-board PRU microcontrollers. What struck me is that software running on BeagleBone for controlling machines is the same as what CNC companies use in real (read expensive) CNC products… and it runs on some very remarkable … Continue reading Machinekit Meetup