wifi, is it possible

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...or-everything-arduino-compatible?ref=category

i wonder if someone could adapt this to the robo printer and make it wireless.

 

Make a Wireless Viki style controller maybe....

Interesting idea. Shouldn't be too hard to do really.

 

I'd rather use a raspberry pi + Octoprint. You can plug anything you want into the Pi, including a wifi usb plug and a webcam, so you can remotely (i.e. from your work location) monitor the printing process (and eventually see your home going up in flames - lol). At the end, the Pi + wifi dongle is less than 50€ and gives you much more flexibility...

See http://octoprint.org/

 

Hey Mattias, thanks for the link. I haven't seen octoprint before but it looks really cool. i happen to have a spare Pi, webcam and usb dongle lying around, you've just made my day :-D

 

well maybe someone who is software guru can make this work for us.
not everyone likes octoprint or rasberry pi,

 

I have the 3doodler... it is a wifi connection (router) for your tablet or smartphone or even your laptop.... unfortunately, I have not been successful in making it actually print, but I know it is connected. I have only tried to set it up once in a rush just to have it connected. I will try it again over the weekend to try to get it to work. It has a simple app that controls the printer.

 

You might want to look at Octoprint with:

• Raspberry Pi ($40)
• WiFi adapter ($10)
• 8GB SD card ($10)
• MicroUSB power supply ($10)

or just get a Raspberry Pi kit ($75)

then use Raspberry version of Octoprint (specifically OctoPi) for Ethernet or WiFi 3D Print server.

You can even attach a webcam for time lapse videos and remote monitoring of your print job.

You could probably even mount it underneath the Robo3D ...

at least that is my plan, once I get basic Robo3D running.

 

I just got a raspberry pi. How can I set up my printer to work. Any special setup?

 

Soupaboy, take a look at Octoprint. AFAIK, Repetier doesn't have web support (though I may be wrong). Others have used Octoprint successfully to print from a RPi using their web interface.