Its finally time to connect everything together. I plan to fully assemble the printer and test every component on the bench to ensure the...
Servos and the Smoothieboard
In the previous post my VIX-IH drives were programmed to behave like an average stepper driver. This makes configuration very simple and...
Programming the Servo Drives
The typical stepper or servo drive is a pretty simple component. You connect a motor, apply power, and provide step/direction commands. ...
Project Resumed
It has been roughly one and a half years since the last update to LinearFDM but this project is still alive. I got sidetracked by life a...
E3D Chimera
When I first saw the E3D Chimera I knew it was the right hotend for this printer. It provides dual extrusion in a very compact packag...
Finished Interpolators
The PCBs have finally arrived! The 0.8mm board thickness was important for this design since I wanted them to fit between the connect...
Interpolator PCB Design
Although we successfully prototyped a working quadrature interpolator, I can't really use a breadboarded circuit as part of my 3d printe...
Encoder Interpolation
If you travel a few posts back, you might remember there is a fairly critical problem with my MX80L stages: They have the 10nm encoder opti...
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