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SAV MkI open source control electronics board made by RepRap CloneWars community is on Indigogo now.



From RepRap wiki SAV MkI page:

This 3D printer board electronics has been designed and developed using all the great contributions and feedback from the RepRap CloneWars group in Spain. All shortcomings from other similar boards have been addressed providing an affordable yet feature rich 3D printer electronics. The SAV MkI, improves upon the previous production-grade electronics set (Gen6, sanguinololu) by adding well dimensioned power MOSFETS, SD card support, on-board regulated 3.3V to connect to 3.3V level peripherals such us Bluetooth, as well as improving on USB link's reliability and reducing cost by eliminating the FTDI UART chip.
The SAV MkI is a derivative of Teensylu and the Printrboard, an AT90USB1286 development board originally based on Sanguinololu. The Atmel AT90USB1286 MCU has an on-chip USB, removing the need for the FTDI UART (USB-to-serial) IC. On-chip USB means that you will get faster firmware upload times, communications, g-code transfer and reduce the time file transfers take from the host to the on-board microSD card. The AT90USB connects at any baud rate regardless of firmware configuration, and operates virtually free of serial communication errors/pauses.

In addition, the SAV MkI has broken out the second UART with its levels adjusted to 3.3V logic. You will be able to connect any HC-05 or HC-06 bluetooth dongle to wirelessly control your printer.
Features
Feature rich yet affordable 3d printer electronics. The SAV MkI has been designed after taking feedback from the Clone Wars RepRapers out there. We have come through with an electronics that we believe will meet your expectations.

• Hotend and heatbed well dimensioned FETs that can take up to 15A without heat-sinks.

• High speed native USB interface connectivity going up to 12Mbps so that there is no lag on your prints.

• As opposed to the 38400-115200 baud via FTDI. The end result is: virtually no serial communication errors (common with Sanguinololu and Generation_6_Electronics).

• 12V built-in fan controller for your layer fan or hot end cooling.

• Micro SD reader for autonomous printing.

• Bluetooth dongle (dongle not provided, tested with HC-05 and HC-06) interface adapted to its logic levels for wireless operation.

• Expansion bus to connect a keyboard and LCD.

• Support for 4 standard pololu compatible stepper motor drivers.

RepRap Wiki page with detailed information:

http://www.reprap.org/wiki/SAV_MKI

Indiegogo campaign:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sav-mki-3d-printer-electronics


Technical specifications:

Processor

Atmel AT90USB1286 Microcontroller @16 MHz
Native USB interface
Flash: 128KB
RAM: 16KB
EEPROM: 128KB

Supply: 4.2V to 5.5V
Voltage input: 12V-15V
Internal regulated voltage: 5V and 3.3V

Logic supplied by on-board voltage regulator through Vin Logic can also be supplied through USB (internal source selection).
Connectivity
Edge connectors enabling right-angle connections
2 x 15A switching connectors with high power N-MOSFETs.
1 x switching N-MOSFET for low power fan.
1 x on-board uSD connector
Bluetooth interface output levels adjusted for 3.3V logic (connected to UART1 - Rx and Tx).
4 x Endstop connectors supplied @ 5V. Includes X, Y, Z and E
2 x Thermistors
14 Extra pins available for expansion and development, with the following capabilities
UART1 (RX and TX)
I2C (SDA and SCL)
SPI (MOSI, MISO, SCK)
PWM pin (1)
Analog I/O (6)
JTAG (uses some of the ADC pins)
Dimensions: 100mm x 65mmSW, Firmware and SDK

All preassembled SAV-MkI come pre-loaded with a bootloader and Marlin firmware. You may also upgrade the firmware, modify calibration data for use with another style of RepRap, or perhaps assemble your own board.
Highlights
Marlin (pre-loaded) - Marlin's main branch already supports the SAV-MkI (MOTHERBOARD==83)
you can also get a pre-configured version of Marlin for the SAV MkI.
Bootloader: LUFA's CDC Bootloader
SDK: Arduino IDE with Teensy add-on.
Windows users only, will need to install USB Serial device (will be downloaded with the Teensy environment).

To use a SAV MkI, you will need to load appropriate USB drivers, you can get them from:
Windows-only: USB Serial Device (PRJC.com)
Compatible Firmware
Marlin Marlin: Official support, use (MOTHERBOARD==83)
Repetier List_of_Firmware#Repetier-Firmware: No support yet.

(Other firmwares are currently untested but any firmware for an arduino mega should work with proper pin setup).

It looks like PC case aimed at gamers / PC modders that has a 3d printer in it. Beside great design it has no other innovative features and there are no tests or videos of it working. It also uses some custom software and some sort of custom filament cartridges. I'm all for diversity, competition and options and like it's design so hopefully we will see more of it in the future.

The "Bulldog" is open source (CC-BY-NC) universal full metal direct drive extruder suitable for many of DIY 3d printers and compatible with most j-head mount nozzles.
There are two kinds of Bulldog extruder, “Bulldog Lite” to suit 1.75mm filament only and “Bulldog XL” to suit both, 1.75 and 3mm filament. The "Bulldog XL" comes with geared Nema 17 (5:1).

From the 3Dsimo project Indiegogo page:

3Dsimo as a first on the world provides to user the possibility to choose print options on a digital display. The adjustability of temperature and speed of materials throughput now offer amazing opportunities for your creativity. We can handle various materials as ABS, PLA, PVA (water-soluble material), nylon at different temperatures in order to achieve fast filling or even print in the air.

Other options include backlight, turn on preheating or memory for storing settings. These parameters are used to determine the appropriate method of drawing.
Do not be limited by the choice of materials, for example choose between golden, silver, wooden or flexible PLA. Over time, new materials will be increasing due to the growing trend of 3D printing. Our 3Dsimo is fully prepared for this due to configurability of all parameters and thermal feedback for determining the exact temperature.

How it works?

3Dsimo is so simple to use as a pencil. Everyone who have ever draw with pencil will not have a problem to use 3Dsimo. After plugging it in you set the desired speed and temperature according to the material (these data will be appended together with 3Dsimo and new materials will be updated). 3Dsimo is based on the principle of FDM technology thus extruding plastic material through the hot end. If you want to print into the air or create infill of any object you can do it easily and quickly. There is no problem just make your choice. After a while of use you will find that with 3Dsimo you can create fantastic objects.

3Dsimo has many utilization:
Repairing of plastic devices
Bonding and assembling models of 3D printers
Repair abortive print (due to repair you don’t need to enter new several hours lasting print)
Creating jewelry
To implement your ideas
Simply for the joy of modeling

Indiegogo campaign:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/3dsimo-the-amazing-3d-pen


www.3dsimo.com


3Doodler is getting more and more competition and alternatives.





Update:

3dSimo rotating platform:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/10/3dsimo-rotating-platform-adapter.html

here is new generation of 3dSimo:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/02/new-generation-of-3dsimo-3d-drawing-pen.html

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lumifold-the-foldable-photo-activated-resin-based-3d-printer

From project page:

• The smallest Foldable 3d printer!
• Low Cost 3D printer, costs half of many 3d printers on the market, and it’s portable!
• Based on standard/cheap 20x20mm aluminum extrusion
• Easy to use: just unfold, place under a projector, and print!
• Low energy consumption (approx. 5W)
• Interchangeable resin bed and platform, including a smaller one for experimenting and printing small parts
• Max Print volume 90 x 90 x ~90 mm
• Z resolution up to 0,01mm!
• The first 3D printer with a 3D Holographic visualization of the printing progress!
• Laser Scanner Platform kit available, will transform the LumiFold in a 3D Scanner
• Travel kit with Lithium battery, with the IPad / IPhone control Kit you are ready for printing everywhere in the world!

Priced around 400 $ for the kit.





























Updated video of full print process from unfolding to printed object:

It looks like it eats MakerBot scanner for breakfast based on specifications (and price)... future will show ...





























http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rubicon-3d-scanner/

Update:

Reddit thread on Rubicon with much more information:

http://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1m115i/rubicon_3d_scanner/

RepRap forum thread:

http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?1,243606,243812

Hybrids WILL be the new standard fro desktop manufacturing.






From product page:

FABtotum is a multipurpose tool, the first Low Cost Desktop Personal Fabrication device that can operate a wide range of Computer controlled (CNC) manufacturing processes.
Print, Cut, Mill, Scan, Manipulate. Rinse and repeat!
A seamless interaction between the physical and the digital world.
While Current 3D printers are defined as Personal fabricators, there is so much more to personal fabrication than 3d printing alone! FABtotum allows anyone to explore the endless possibilities of a multipurpose fabrication device.
Thanks to a sturdy structure and unconventional tecnical solutions FABtotum is capable of subtractive machining without compromising 3d printing volumes or printing speeds.
Switching to subtractive mode is easy: just remove and tilt the double sided printing plane and expose the milling plane with built in fixtures to secure your workpiece.
Along with 3/4 Axis Subtractive Machining, Fabtotum is capable of 3-axis hybrid Additive / Subtractive manufacturing, meaning you can work in dual mode without loosing the position or having to move the workpiece.

• 3D milling on light materials (Balsa, Foam, light wood)

• PCB milling : make your own circuit boards!

• Engraving

• 2.5 D Profiling (cutting) on light materials (balsa,Foam,Light wood)

• CNC Pre-Drilling

• 4 Axis machining on light materials.

• 4 Axis Engraving 

Digital Aquisition:
FABtotum is capable of scanning solid objects thanks to a built in laser scanner (quick scan, medium quality) and one dimension (Z) touch probe digitalizer (hi-accuracy, very slow).
Using this feature you'll be able to unlock a whole lot of potential: scan and print duplicates of solid objects, create new objects with foams or modeling clay and scan them for further editing in a modeling software of choice, or print them in additive mode or cut/mill in subtractive mode.
Most 3d scanners cannot acquire small objects (such as a coin) and a physical digitalizer cannot acquire complex objects without at least 4 axis of freedom.
FABtotum can do both.
Scanning objects means you'll never run out of stuff to print, you'll be able to experiment with shapes or reverse-engineer objects around you, scanning and then duplicating a modified version!