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uncle_bob
....... since this is a senior design project - what's the minimum you can do and still get the grade? Put another way, how complex does this need to get? You could indeed make it very complex, but I doubt that's what's required. If the budget will stretch to fit a Mega / Ramps combo that's the way to go. No pc boards to lay out, no major code to write. Wire it up, figure out all the calibration for the firmware, calibrate it and print.
Something that at least looks like a good faith effort to build a working 3D printer should probably pass me haha. I am hoping for something that actually is fully functional, but I lost the group member lottery and am pretty much doing the majority of the work myself so quickest and simplest is my goal right now. Only $600 budget at the moment, though we may be asking for donations from some companies. Considering most of the machine is already built, and it looks like I can get a RAMPs kit for around a 100 bucks, I can probably squeeze this into the budget. I was thinking I could do it cheaper with a board without the stepper motors, but if that's going to add a great deal of complexity screw it.
