Tindie Weblog | PrintCam: Simply combine a Digital camera to your Prusa Mini

I really like my Prusa Mini+ 3D printer. It’s been a tireless workhorse on many tasks. I’ve to say that regardless of a few years of 3D printing I’m nonetheless fascinated by them and might lose huge quantities of time sitting hypnotised by their wondrous actions. For these of you much less enamoured and extra smart, there are quite a few choices for distant monitoring your 3D printers with the fabulous Octoprint main the best way.  Lately Prusa has launched Prusa Join which gives a heap of distant management performance with, in fact, the choice of including cameras. The PrintCam is a neat digital camera add-on designed to work particularly with Prusa Join and it’s tremendous easy to put in and stand up and working.

The PrintCam equipment is a WiFi-enabled digital camera working at 640*480 decision. Whereas 640*480 may not sound quite a bit when it comes to fashionable digital camera decision, it’s lots to examine that your printer isn’t making a spaghetti mess! The PrintCam meeting is powered by way of a cable that sits between the USB socket and the USB drive and, wanting on the product video beneath, it seems extremely easy to put in, immediately powering up because the printer boots.

The digital camera might be mounted behind the Prusa Mini show however the equipment features a neat mount to connect the digital camera in an enclosure to the X-axis stepper motor. It provides a transparent platform and nozzle view in both place and it’s good for shortly checking your print continues effectively in your absence.