Implementación de un prototipo de impresora 3D controlada inalámbricamente por bluetooth mediante una plataforma android

Abstract

The 3D printing technology presents multiple applications for the engineering area, so the technical project of degree focuses on generating knowledge for students and teachers for the use of the prototype. Allowing the three-dimensional drawings made or downloaded can be visualized in a physical way, giving the student the opportunity to develop skills that will help him to develop a product, giving added value, reducing production costs and time in its elaboration. The use of free license programs facilitates the learning curve avoiding the payment of licenses. For wireless communication, a bluetooth module was chosen that will communicate with the printer through an application created in App Inventor. For correct operation it was necessary to adapt the hardware and software of the printer. In this way, you can modify the temperatures of the base and the extruder, retract the filament, move the X, Y, Z axes, in addition to sending to print the 3D designs already loaded in the application. These designs must be stored in G-CODE inside the SD card.