Wiki - 3D PCB Maker - WiESEL Team Members¶¶ Andrzej ForysAnh LuongJared Pringle Introduction¶¶ Our project was to modify the Thing-O-Matic 3D printer, made by MakerBot Industries, so that we could print out prototype PCBs. Our goal was to take a Gerber file and use it to print out a PCB on ABS plastic with channels that we could later come back and fill in with a conductive ink extruder. We also wanted to research and test different methods of creating conductive ink with highly conductive properties that would be ideal as a way to create traces but could still be extruded at temperatures lower than the melting point of the ABS plastic. High Level Design¶¶ Our design consists of the Thing-O-Matic which already came with the functionality that allows it to extrude plastic 3D objects using the StepStruder MK7 head. Hardware Design¶¶ The housing for the Pegasus head, which is used to extrude conductive ink onto the PCB for the metal traces, was designed in SolidWorks. Pegasus Prototype Version 1 Pegasus Prototype Version 2
Conductive 3D Filament (Save 10% with Coupon Code SPRING - if we sell it you can save 10% with our HUGE Spring Sale - Ends SOON!) 3D Printing Facts, Tips, Tricks & Other Bottom of the Page Nuggets from MakerGeeks.com What Temperature to 3D Print your Filament at? While each 3D Printer is different and you will need to play around with the temps to get the best print here are some starter temps for you; these are all temperature profiles that are verified and confirmed print temps on the MakerGeeks.com 3D Printers (9 different machines from pre-built D3 and D4 to our own DIY custom Reprap printers) with the actual filament we sell to you... so they will get you 99% of the way there! How do I get my filament to stick and STAY stuck? This one is a multi-faceted answer but here are the basics: Your print bed has to be level!! What is the main differences between PLA and ABS 3D Printer Filament? Wow, you have a 1kg spool of filament... Big question of the day is... how long is a spool of 3D Printing Filament!?
Blog on 3D Printing News & Innovation Using an aerosol jet technology, Optomec are able to 3D print electronics onto complex 3D printed structures with conductive nano particles. The potential to add 3D printed conductive components to your designs will be a massive step forward in 3D printing when you can add another level of complexity to the products you design. It will be interesting to see how 3D CAD software will approach this technology, because without the proliferation of software to design these electronic components, the adoption of the technology will be relatively limited. The demand for novel consumer and military electronic devices that pack more functionality into less space is driving the need for advanced manufacturing methods that tightly integrate electronic circuitry with physical packaging. 3D Printed UAV Wing The unique ability to print electronics directly onto 3D surfaces, for example on a cell phone case or an aircraft wing, makes Aerosol Jet an ideal solution for reducing device size and weight.
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3D Printed Circuit Boards | Printers 3D In the past, electrical components had to be incorporated, often manually, into 3D printed objects. This was often difficult and time consuming, and meant 3D printers were often limited to producing simple, non-electrical objects. However, the 3D printing of actual circuit boards is very close, perhaps within 18 to 24 months. 3D Printed Circuit Boards To build real world circuit boards, both file standardisation, and a substrate material that works well with 3D printers are required. In terms of file standardisation a common protocol that describes each design is required. New plastic could revolutionise 3D printing of electronic products News: engineers at a UK university have printed working electronic devices for the first time using a standard 3D printer fitted with a new type of plastic that conducts electricity. The team used the material, called "Carbomorph", to print a simple computer game controller (top), a glove containing flexible sensors and a mug that knows how full it is. "This technology could revolutionalise the way we produce the world around us," said Dr Simon Leigh (above), who led the research team at the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick. Carbomorph is a carbon-rich composite material that can be used in existing 3D printers to print electronic circuits. Using Carbomorph alongside a regular plastic in multi-headed printers could one day allow the printing of the physical forms plus the electronic innards of objects such as mobile phones and remote controls in one go. "It’s a very high-carbon plastic,” said technology journalist Adrian Mars. See all our stories about 3D printing.
Ink News - Nanotech Printing: 3D Printing Circuit Boards In case you haven't heard yet, 3D printing is definitely the next big thing in the printing technology industry. With a 3D printer, you can print physical objects the same way you print paper documents with popular desktop printers like the Photosmart D110a or the Stylus NX420 printer. In recent development, however, 3D printing technology is reaching the point that it can feasibly handle Nanotech printing, taking the silicon industry to a whole new level altogether. So what is Nanotech printing technology? Right now, 3D printers are still limited to "printing" with ABS, so one of the next big industry improvements will be increasing the ability to produce different types of materials. Many 3D printers already can print with glass, most metals, ceramics, and many other materials. So what is Nanotech printing technology? Of course, our traditional method of manufacturing of circuit boards is far more complex than machining a steel part. Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing
3D-Printed Circuit Boards, for solder-free printable electronics Component layout: You have a circuit diagram, like the conceptual schematic attached. The library currently supports the following features: battery holder (AA, AAA, and coin cell), capacitor, resistor, transistor, 1xLED, 2xLED, base board, peg (and cap, for wrapping and holding things together), an SPST slide switch, and a trace hop (for intersecting threads). This example is of a simple analog transistor circuit which causes an LED to blink. Unfortunately, there is not yet a way to automatically place the components, so you will place each component manually. I recommend you sketch out the circuit by hand, roughly how you intend to place them (orientation and relative locations). If you prefer Blender or SketchUp, then you can import each component separately (STL files), and place them manually. If you are building the circuit in OpenSCAD, download the library file '3D-PCB.scad' via thingiverse or github, and put it in the same folder as your project.
Metrix Open Hardware Lab’s Brainwave RepRap Controller Located inside Metrix Create:Space at the heart of Seattle, Metrix Open Hardware Lab features a pick-and-place machine and a reflow soldering line for manufacturing open source electronics. Its first product, the Brainwave, purports to be the cheapest all-in-one 3D printer control board solution on the market. “I’ve wanted to design my own 3D printer electronics for some time,” writes designer Matthew Wilson (aka unrepentantgeek), “but it wasn’t until I found myself building machines where 50% of the cost was in the electronics that I really threw myself into it.” Brainwave 1.0 supports single-extruder Cartesian and delta-style printer designs, and is designed to be easily patched and repaired. Brainwave Reprap Controller | Metrix.NET, Open Hardware Lab MAKE Volume 34: Join the robot uprising! On newsstands now, by subscription, or available in the Maker Shed Buy now!
Raspberry Pi Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Le Raspberry Pi est un nano-ordinateur monocarte à processeur ARM conçu par le créateur de jeux vidéo David Braben, dans le cadre de sa fondation Raspberry Pi[2]. Cet ordinateur, qui a la taille d'une carte de crédit, est destiné à encourager l'apprentissage de la programmation informatique[2] ; il permet l'exécution de plusieurs variantes du système d'exploitation libre GNU/Linux et des logiciels compatibles. Il est fourni nu (carte mère seule, sans boîtier, alimentation, clavier, souris ni écran) dans l'objectif de diminuer les coûts et de permettre l'utilisation de matériel de récupération. Son prix de vente était estimé à 25 $, soit 19,09 €, début mai 2011. Historique[modifier | modifier le code] Conception[modifier | modifier le code] Version alpha de la carte. En 2006, les premiers prototypes du Raspberry Pi sont développés sur des microcontrôleurs Atmel ATmega 644. Prototype[modifier | modifier le code] Différences avec le A[59] :