| Timelapse rig for Prusa MK3 3d Printer | |
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| Participants | |
| Skills | |
| Status | Active as fuck |
| Niche | Electronics |
| Purpose | Electronics, fun, world domination |
| Tool | No |
| Location | |
| Cost | 10 euroish |
| Tool category | Electronics |
Timelapse rig for Prusa MK3 3d Printer
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Project:
Timelapse rig for Prusa MK3 3d Printer
Status
At the moment i am only waiting for one part so i can test the rig.
The idea:
A small box with some electronics that is connected with the EINSY RAMBO board of the printer and a remote shutter cable coming from the camera.
Why?:
To make timelapses with a DSLR camera for fun.
Purpose:
see why? Also for showing off and
First steps:
So I found the idea on a prusa blogpost and wanted to create something like that, they only had an example for a lumix camera wich was of no use because I have a canon 1200D.
In the same blog there is a link to a site that shows the pinouts for different remote shutter cables with that I can go futher with the project
Blogpost: https://blog.prusaprinters.org/how-to-create-beautiful-3d-print-timelapse-videos/ Camera pinouts: http://www.doc-diy.net/photo/remote_pinout/
Getting the parts:
well already got all the parts I need at Nurdspace except for the optocoupler I ordered the 4N25 from https://sinuss.nl/componenten/opto-elektronica--displays/optocouplers/transistor-output/1225849-4n25shortoptocoupler-transistor-optoshiba
then I got some help from Danieltoo who learned me how to read schematics and some other stuff.
Preparing
I made a quick build with some protoboard and the parts.
Front:
Back:
Going from dafuq to overdrive:
after seeing the protoboard I said to myself you can do better, design a pcb even if you havent done it before.
So said so done I made the pcb in about a hour and a half because I was not familiar with the program Fritzing or even making pcb´s at all. first i made the schematics after making them i neatly put all the parts just right on the pcb
After making the pcb´s in Fritzing I ordered 10 of the pcb´s at https://jlcpcb.com/ in black for about 5 euro total inc shipping because of first time customer no shipping costs.
Code
The code we’re talking about is this (for MK3/S):
;AFTER_LAYER_CHANGE
G1 X5 Y205 F{travel_speed*60} ;Move away from the print
G4 S0 ;Wait for move to finish
G4 P500 ;Wait for 500ms
M42 S255 P73 ;Trigger
G4 P200 ;Wait for 200ms
M42 S0 P73 ;Untrigger
G4 P500 ;Wait for 500ms
;[layer_z]