36 Comments so far

• Rashad

  March 29, 2011 at 11:07 am

   

  This looks very cool. Just like the ones on a Industrial CNC Machine. This is a huge game changer. This could also replace the hand crank we have been using. I’m getting one as soon as I get off disability.

   

• Chooch

  March 29, 2011 at 1:12 pm

   

  Nice, now you can take your bot on the go!

   

• coasterman

  March 29, 2011 at 2:30 pm

   

  Looks nice! This will mean five less pounds of computer people need to carry around with their MakerBots.

  Is it compatible with Cupcake CNC/Gen3 electronics?

   

• Sebastian

  March 29, 2011 at 2:44 pm

   

  Now all we need is an iPad app to design 3d objects and use the SD attachment to write the file to a card

   

• Lrdfang

  March 29, 2011 at 2:48 pm

   

  ScribbleJ’s version was towards the top of my design plan for my mods. Then you come out with this. I love your timing so much, though I think my wallet will so start hating me.

   

• Rob

  March 29, 2011 at 3:10 pm

   

  Are there any free pins on the interface or does thus controller tie up all 20?

   

• Tim

  March 29, 2011 at 4:19 pm

   

  Once again leaving Gen3 & Cupcake owners in the dust. I really hope you guys make this work with gen3 & the cupcake.

   

• Ethan

  March 29, 2011 at 5:07 pm

   

  Very nice. I’ve had a Revar control panel on my Gen3-equipped Cupcake for a while now and I love it. This looks like an excellent accessory for Gen4 bots.

   

• Ethan

  March 29, 2011 at 5:20 pm

   

  For those that are asking about Gen3 compatibility, I’ve looked at the design files for this control panel – it needs 18 I/O pins (6 for LCD, 9 for inputs, 3 for LED) and the Gen3 electronics have 1 unallocated I/O pin. The Revar control panel uses the i2c interface and a $40 Modtronix LCD2S smart LCD display that directly reads the keypad, so it doesn’t use any unallocated I/O on the Gen3 board.

  The Arduino MEGA that’s the base for the Gen4 electronics has fistfuls of I/O compared to the Sanguino in the Gen3. That’s why they went with it. It’s also why they chose to create the 20-pin/18-I/O “controller” socket – when you have that many spare I/O pins, you can use less expensive interface components at the cost of using up a limited resource. The Gen3 electronics weren’t designed with a control panel in mind (AFAIK), but it’s possible to add one by using more sophisticated, and more expensive, methods.

   

• foxdewayne

  March 29, 2011 at 9:08 pm

   

  This looks very cool. I also have a Revar controller on my cupcake. it works flawlessly and I would recomend anyone with a cupcake to go that route. The cost is about the same when all said and done.

   

• Protonite

  March 30, 2011 at 11:58 am

   

  Looks pretty good for now.
  I hope i can devote some more time for my own display-project. Trying to basically the same with a small 3.2″ color qvga touch-display. I already have the hardware ready, now it gets down to the interesting part of writing a good looking software for it… Maybe i’ll even use the controller on there to completely control the bot, because i think it has a heck more processing power than any arduino or sanguino. (using a MCF51JE256 32-Bit V1 Coldfire uC)

   

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• Duann

  March 30, 2011 at 10:46 pm

   

  Great work guys, next it needs a sim card so you can sms it your files from the toilet…

   

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• JETGUY

  April 7, 2011 at 11:09 pm

   

  Found the easter egg program in the control panel!

  Nothing spectacular but at least in the beta firmware 2.8, there is an easter egg program hidden in the menu. You just have to scroll down 5 times and “Snake Game” is there. Just hit enter and it scrolls 000 across the screen in rows. Use the arrow keys to bump into the * on the screen. I’m not sure exactly how to win-but I lost once. Just thought I’d share.

  Funny how I never hit down enough times to see it. Found it by accident.

   

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