Smart Effector v3 Step Model

Nxt-1

@jay_s_uk Wait, there is a V3?

jay_s_uk

Nxt-1

@jay_s_uk Well I'll be dammed. I can find to reference to that on the git project, nor do I see it for sale anywhere. I do recall some talks on the forum about that though. I am interested to hear the official announcement/changelog.

jay_s_uk

@nxt-1 said in Smart Effector v3 Step Model:

@jay_s_uk Well I'll be dammed. I can find to reference to that on the git project, nor do I see it for sale anywhere. I do recall some talks on the forum about that though. I am interested to hear the official announcement/changelog.

I bought it from the duet guys last week.
Its using large SMT resistors instead of PCB traces as strain gauges, for more accuracy

dc42

@jay_s_uk actually we made the change for robustness and higher production yield rather than accuracy. The new version is slightly less sensitive than the old one, but it doesn't have the fine strain gauge traces on the PCB that were easily damaged by scratching. It also makes more room available on the effector for future electronics development. We were also able to change to standard 1oz copper instead of 0.5oz to better carry the heater current.

jay_s_uk

@dc42 ah, that makes sense.
The above was what Roland told me, so thanks for the clarification

dc42

@jay_s_uk re the STEP file, @T3P3Tony will provide on in due course, however it's much the same as the V2 except that we rotated the heater terminal block by 90deg.

jay_s_uk

@dc42 yea, ok. no rush if there's not one to hand.

moocowsia

@dc42 Any idea when this one will be available in Canada? It looks like I might need a replacement. I think may have scratch the strain gauge traces on my V2.

I'd much rather buy a V3 if they're improving upon that issue.

T3P3Tony

@jay_s_uk sorry for the delay the v3.0 files are now on github
https://github.com/Duet3D/SmartEffector/blob/master/SmartEffector/SmartEffector_v3.0/SmartEffector_v3.0.step

jay_s_uk

@t3p3tony no worries. Thanks for posting them