When it comes to sensors and shields, two common serial connections available are SPI and I2C, but what exactly are they? Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Serial Peripheral Interface is a serial interface bus that’s is commonly used to send data between microcontrollers and small peripherals such as sensors. SPI is a synchronous communication bus standard…
With more and more types of filaments becoming available in the market, it’s important to keep in mind the effects of filaments on your printer and person. A goal in 3D Printing is to keep printing as efficiently and continuously as possible. In order to do that, wear and tear of components need to be…
With 3D printing becoming more common in each household, the demand for filament also increases. In the present, the most common filament type is PLA, followed by ABS. The market is flooded with PLA and PLA+, with prices competitively low and variety growing more and more each day. Yet for prototypes and practical machine-use, ABS…
One of the most common upgrades or modifications for an FDM printer is the Direct Drive or Bowden Extruder mod. Whether or not one or the other of these mods would best suit your printing needs would be discussed in this article. Some printers come equipped with a direct drive extrusion system, such as the…
With the latest printers now being released with built-in auto bed level sensors, it is now becoming a norm for printers to have the feature, whether it comes built-in or not. More and more auto bed level (ABL) sensors are now becoming available in the market, especially in online shops such as Lazada and Shopee….
