Free and Open-source Control Software for 3-D Motion and Processing

Bas Wijnen; Gerald C. Anzalone; Amberlee S. Haselhuhn; P. G. Sanders; Joshua M. Pearce

doi:10.5334/jors.78

Free and Open-source Control Software for 3-D Motion and Processing

Journal of Open Research Software

Volume 4 (2016): Issue 1

By: Bas Wijnen, Gerald C. Anzalone, Amberlee S. Haselhuhn, P. G. Sanders and Joshua M. Pearce

Open Access

|Jan 2016

Abstract

RepRap 3-D printers and their derivatives using conventional firmware are limited by: 1) requiring technical knowledge, 2) poor resilience with unreliable hardware, and 3) poor integration in complicated systems. In this paper, a new control system called Franklin, for CNC machines in general and 3-D printers specifically, is presented that enables web-based three dimensional control of additive, subtractive and analytical tools from any Internet connected device. Franklin can be set up and controlled entirely from a web interface; it uses a custom protocol which allows it to continue printing when the connection is temporarily lost, and allows communication with scripts.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.78 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647

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Published on: Jan 27, 2016

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Keywords:

3-D printing,

additive manufacturing,

distributed manufacturing,

firmware,

free and open source software,

FOSS,

open-source,

open-source electronics,

open-source hardware,

personal fabrication,

printing,

RepRap,

rapid prototyping

© 2016 Bas Wijnen, Gerald C. Anzalone, Amberlee S. Haselhuhn, P. G. Sanders, Joshua M. Pearce, published by Ubiquity Press
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