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Gen6 AI1B, heated bed controls?

MacGeiger

Gen6 AI1B, heated bed controls?
September 20, 2010 03:38AM

Registered: 14 years ago
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Maybe someone else found this and I haven't. On the Gen6 board will there be a way to hook up a heated bed like Adrian modded a Gen3 extruder board?

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Traumflug

Re: Gen6 AI1B, heated bed controls?
September 20, 2010 05:53AM

Registered: 13 years ago
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Generation 6 electronics is under closed development by Camiel (participant in this forum) / mendel-parts.com, so you probably have to ask there.

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KmE

Re: Gen6 AI1B, heated bed controls?
September 30, 2010 09:26PM

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Posts: 24

Apparently there is no heated bed header due to cost issues but Camiel said they may do an add-on daughter board at a later date.

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Nudel

Re: Gen6 AI1B, heated bed controls?
October 01, 2010 08:05AM

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Camiel is a PLA-only guy. And there is no need for a heated bed when you use PLA, just use lightly sanded kapton and a hairdryer for the first layer, and clean the bed with some alcohol now and then. Using a heated bed to print ABS on a PLA Mendel would mean dangerous temperatures for the carriage anyway.

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richrap

Re: Gen6 AI1B, heated bed controls?
October 03, 2010 12:22PM

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Posts: 818

Cost issues? That's dissapointing.

Adding it on afterwards is a big cost issue.

Having a spare MOSFET output and a spare ADC input is a must for any electronics doing this sort of thing, it should only add 2euro (max)to the sales price.

How is the Gen6 going to handle multiple extruders.