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Just finished watching the new update and there seems to be a USB port on the motherboard. Any idea what/if that is used for anything ?
Although I liked the update (as always), I would have liked to see some prints as well, specifically larger prints. I assume as soonas beta backers have their printers we will start to see some more prints though.
I'm really excited to see that the betas are almost ready. I'm always eager to see new prints and each time we get an update there's a remarkable jump in print quality. When the betas get their hands on them though I'm sure we'll see a printsplosion of pictures and we'll get to finally see what sort of print quality we can expect from the peachy.
I'm shocked at how "finished" the Beta looks - I was expecting the production version to be much like the one initially shown, just cleaned up slightly (so it'd require the user to hack something together for mounting until they were able to print a better system). Great to see that I was wrong!
The USB plug could just be for power. Way cheaper than including a dedicated power supply for the amplifier, and it avoids all the issues with needing different plugs for different countries.
i'm going to agree that it's likely just a power connection. The beta version looks promicing, and it's neat to see that they're tuning everything in this version for maximum modification potential... But It seems they should focus on the beta testers getting a version as close as possible to the final production version, to focus on tweaking the software and calibration portions. (unless the final version is planned to be as mod-friendly as this beta, in which case I like it!)
Definitely looks like time to ship it! :D
A USB port is simply used to supply the printer with power to its "power input" port. ( the power input port is the one that looks like a micro usb port on the peachy printerQuote:
Originally Posted by kulfsson
but technically cannot be called that dew to the Traid mark on the fraise "USB port")
We hope to have some new prints to show off soon, stay tuned!
Thanks,
NG.
+1 on this, it's impressive...the beta testers are going to be happy when this shows up on their doorstep!Quote:
Originally Posted by Slatye
Any idea what/if that is used for anything ? Attachment 505
Jankoo
it looks like a jumper block , and it might be either for a breakout panel for circuit diagnosis or to allow for re configuring the 'jumpers' and therefore the circuit easily
I think it just to update the firmware.
Firmware? In an analogue device?????Quote:
Originally Posted by nka
What firmware?Quote:
Originally Posted by nka
Firmware for the peachy to control the laser/mirrors I'd assume.
The entire thing is pure analog electrical.Quote:
Originally Posted by SideWinderGX
I suppose they could have used digital potentiometers on there to allow for quick and reliable changes to the settings. Having an I2C/SPI programming interface for those would make sense. However, that seems unlikely - 99% of the time cheap analog trimpots are by far the better option.
Realistically, they're almost certainly just test points. Autofocus outputs, analogue outputs from the power supply and intermediate amplifier stages, external power inputs for when they're testing on a bench without a USB port handy, etc.
It seems to have circuit borad with chipset now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Compro01
But your right, dont know why I was thinking about a firmware :p
...don't know how I missed that, oops :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Compro01
The arrow points to 3 of 4 jumper spots ... we are trying to make jumpers available to switch between ac and dc coupled mode ( alto currently our software may only support ac coupled mode)Quote:
Originally Posted by jankoo
and also a jumper for laser on and off... This is part of making the printer super easy to hack, it will help those that want to ad features using a micro controller for example.
We are doing everything we can to enable community modified printer designs, Peachy printer defines its self by being hack-able, kit-able, Adjust-able, and Freedom Respecting
that means you will see lots of screw terminals, jumper blocks and broken out pins, and descriptive silk screening on our circuits.