Filament Inline Measurement System for 3D Printers
- Make a stand-alone solution which measures the cross-sectional area of filament as it is fed into your existing 3D printer
- Run on a Raspberry Pi zero or cheaper
- Interface with as many firmwares as possible by only passing a percent change value to the printer over i2c or serial
- Keep the cost as low as possible
- Throw filament runout detection in there for free
- Photo-Multigraph like mirror and camera setup.
- Maybe just multiple of the cheapest cameras I can source instead.
- Running the filament between latex sheets with a capacitive coating and sensor on the outside of the latex.
- If you have any ideas or suggestions, please open an issue.
- Donate time or money to The Open Source Appliance Foundation
- We (well technically I) don't need funding for this project but any donations will go towards the development of other open source appliances.