DISEÑO DE RUTINAS DE CONTROL EMPLEANDO SISTEMA ARDUINO PARA EL USO DE DIFERENTES EXTRUSORAS EN IMPRESIÓN 3D, APLICACIÓN PRÁCTICA EN PROTOTIPO DE IMPRESIÓN 3D

Abstract

The following article shows a prototype design which simulates a rotating head with 3 extruders. These extruders will reach the desired position based on a known color through some programmed control routines, we will exercise control by an electronic board known as Arduino, using a micro controller as a brain. This is a free hardware board, as well as its software, which means we can make any changes on board's original design and load the software for free every time. Arduino will also control the 3D Printer functions with another electronic board, called RAMPS as a support. This second board will be responsible for controlling all the components that integrate the 3D printer. Besides, this board will carry some stepper motor drivers known as POLOLU. We will explain all the steps in the process to print a 3D object with block-based diagrams and we will explain how to use the main program that will show us parameters, printing details and the printing process layer by layer.