UPS battery installation

This is just a quick update to the last post I made about fitting a DC UPS. I’ve now got a better arrangement for the batteries. I printed a sort of tray with one tall end onto which I have mounted connectors, a fuse and also a meter so that I can see at glance […]

Fitting a DC Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and separate 5V supply.

(and yet another wiring upgrade). Although power cuts are quite rare occurrences where I live, they do completely wreck any print that may have been in progress when a loss of power takes place. As my printer is quite large, I often print large items which can take many hours or even days to complete. […]

Duet Generation 3 upgrade part 4 (and post TCT show)

This is just a quick update on the current state of play. Despite all our best efforts, the Duet guys didn’t quite get all of the outstanding issues resolved with the prototype expansion board firmware in time for the TCT show. So we had to run with what we had. I wasn’t able to successfully […]