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3D printer controller supporting cloud services

A 3D printer and 3D printing technology, applied in the field of 3D printing, can solve problems such as the inability to protect the property rights of 3D design works, and the random printing of 3D design works, so as to improve interactive friendliness, strong network and exchange capabilities, and reduce operating costs. effect of difficulty

Active Publication Date: 2016-01-06
ZHEJIANG UNIV OF TECH
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[0005] Transferring or directly copying the print files to the SD card of the 3D printer will bring about another problem, that is, the property rights of the 3D design works cannot be well protected, and the 3D design works that have been spent on designing can be printed at will.

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[0034] Referring to the accompanying drawings, a fusion type 3D printer controller supporting cloud services includes a network interface and a control unit, a motion control unit, an actuator and a sensor unit, and a power supply; the network interface and the WIFI interface on the control unit Work in STA slave station mode to connect with the router, indirectly connect with the public network equipment, and realize the communication with the cloud server; the DDR2 of the network interface and the control unit has tens of megabytes to cache and print files; the motion control unit has general The basic functions of the fused 3D printer controller can control the motor, heater, fan, temperature signal acquisition, switch signal input acquisition and status indicator LED of the 3D printer.

[0035] The serial interface is used for two-way communication between the network interface and the control unit and motion control unit, and 3D printing based on cloud services is realized...

Embodiment 2

[0042] The difference with Embodiment 1 is that the network interface described in this example and the Ethernet port on the control unit are directly connected to the public network equipment to realize communication with the cloud server; at the same time, the network interface and the WIFI interface on the control unit work in the master station (AP ) mode, allowing other smart devices, such as smart phones, PAD computers, etc., to be directly connected to the 3D printing controller, and these devices can also communicate with the cloud server through the network interface and control unit of the printing controller; this example is more suitable for supporting Professional 3D printer with cloud service.

[0043] The WIFI interface of the 3D printer controller 301 works in the AP master station mode, providing AP services for the smart phone / PAD / PC and other devices 302 used by the operator, allowing these smart devices to directly connect with the 3D printer 301; The Ether...

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Abstract

The invention provides a 3D printer controller supporting cloud services. The 3D printer controller mainly comprises a network interface and control unit and a motion control unit. The network interface and control unit comprises an Ethernet interface, a WIFI interface, a network processor and a data caching control device, and can independently communicate with a cloud server side and the motion control unit, and then exchange of 3D printing data and state and other information is achieved. The motion control unit adopts a high-real-time-performance microcontroller as a central processing unit to achieve real-time control and the like of real-time motion, feeding and extrusion of a printing head. The motion control unit and the network interface and control unit conduct two-way information exchange through synchronous serial or asynchronous serial interfaces. A double-CPU framework is adopted, 3D printing of the cloud services is achieved coordinately, and file transmission of a non-real-time network and 3D printing control with high real-time-performance requirements are effectively achieved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of 3D printing, in particular to a 3D printer controller supporting cloud services. Background technique [0002] 3D printing is one of the hottest technologies in this century, especially the low equipment cost and low-price consumables of fusion 3D printing technology, making this kind of 3D printer gradually become a tool for people's daily life, and even become a 3D printer that everyone can afford. printer. 3D printing is gradually changing people's way of life. In the future, product sales will be mainly based on selling designs. After purchasing product designs, users can directly manufacture products with home 3D printers. However, the existing fusion-type 3D printers are very difficult to use and operate, requiring users to have certain professional knowledge, which is the main obstacle to the popularization of 3D printing. [0003] Take open-source fused 3D printers such as MakerBot, Ultimaker, and Reprap ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/12
Inventor 王忠飞金庆仙王睿
Owner ZHEJIANG UNIV OF TECH
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