Although we tend to think of 3D printers as high-tech toys, most of them are not especially powerful in the brain department. There are some exceptions, but most 3D printers run on either an 8-bit … ...

Set up OctoPrint on Raspberry Pi Enjoy remote control and real-time monitoring for smoother 3D printing OctoPrint is a popular tool that lets you control your 3D printer remotely using a Raspberry Pi.

You also need a 3D printer controller board and a USB cable to connect your Raspberry Pi to your 3D printer. What advantages does OctoPrint offer for 3D printing?

Photon Elephant has designed an SDK to use a Raspberry Pi to control your 3D printer’s user interface and stepper motors, as well as making it easy to add your own features and customisations.

OctoPrint combines 3D printer control software with a Web interface so you can control your printer and monitor its progress over the network. Even better, although OctoPrint can run on any Linux ...

David Gewirtz 3D-prints a case for his Raspberry Pi, and he adds a camera to his LulzBot Mini printer. Learn more about ABS filament. Plus, David uses a drill press. Yeah, it worries us, too. Did ...

3D printer enthusiasts that also enjoy building Raspberry Pi projects might be interested in the new 3D scanner that has been created by combining both a Raspberry Pi mini PC and MATLAB together.

Now it does stick out a bit as you can see in the pictures, but we’re sure it won’t take someone long to make a 3D printed part that snaps into the controller giving it a more stock appearance.

While most people still have trouble setting up an inkjet printer on a wireless network, a group of intrepid IT hackers are making big strides with far more advanced machines, using the tiny ...