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Revision as of 21:45, 3 March 2011

This page is about resources for building computer controlled machines: Milling machines, Laser Cutters, FDM 3D Printers, etc..

Resources

Firmware

CNC Controller firmwares for Arduino

• http://dank.bengler.no/-/page/show/5470_grbl

Motor Drivers

Motor Drivers IC's by Allegro

• http://www.allegromicro.com/en/Products/Categories/ICs/motor.asp

Stepper Drivers by Allegro IC's

• http://www.allegromicro.com/en/Products/Part_Numbers/3982/
• http://www.allegromicro.com/en/Products/Part_Numbers/3977/

Arduino Shields for driving CNC

• http://www.synthetos.com/wiki/index.php?title=Projects:grblShield is designed to work with the GRBL arduino firmware http://dank.bengler.no/-/page/show/5470_grbl

Stepper Driver boards based on the Allegro 3982 / 3977

• http://makeyourbot.org/a3982-1-0
• http://reprap.org/wiki/Stepper_Motor_Driver_2.3
• http://wiki.makerbot.com/thingomatic-doc:stepper-driver-3-3
• http://schmalzhaus.com/EasyDriver/
• http://www.schmalzhaus.com/EasyDriverQuad/index.html

Motors

• Stepper Motors (up to NEMA 34) http://www.linengineering.com/line/contents/stepmotors/

Interesting Projects

• http://makeyourbot.org
• http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/
• http://mtm.cba.mit.edu/
• http://www.makerbot.com/
• http://reprap.org/