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Filament sensor
Posted by: Barney ()
Date: November 04, 2009 03:34PM

My first contribution to the RepRap project: I've worked out a way to use the rotation sensor to measure the filament feed rate. This means you can sense when the pinch wheel is slipping, as well as using it for motor speed control. Details are in my blog:

Oak & Silicon

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