Food 3D Printer

Back-end code for the food 3D printer built for Engineering design ME366J at the University of Texas at Austin.

Usage

TODO

Configurations

TODO

Results

TODO

Photos

Gifs

videos

DDNS Implementation

A dynamic DNS script was implemented to allow the Raspberry Pi to be controlled from anywhere.

List of Hardware Used

• Raspberry Pi 3B
• 3 X Nema 17 stepper motors (17HS13-0404S)
• 3 X A4988 stepper motor drivers
• 3 X Unimax TMCJ40 Snap Action Switch 3TMA-4
• 3 X 100μF electrolytic capacitors
• 12 - 20V power supply
• Any standard solderless breadboard
• Jumper wires or 22 gauge wire

Attributions

PyCNC

PyCNC is an open source Python package written by Nikolay Khabarov. This package was used for this project with some modifcations to the code and configuration files.

Note: The commit ID of PyCNC that was frozen for this project was f5ae14