Hollow shaft extruder
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@o_lampe Does the pinch lever go all the way or does it just get tightened until it is pressing against the filament? I'd worry about it giving different extrusion rates if there is any uncertainty about its position.
BTW: the extruder weights only 24grams w/o motor and encoder
The lightest extruder I had so far weights 47grams w/o motor (sherpa mini)
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@o_lampe It's not clear to me that the encoder is needed. Unless SimpleFOC requires it?
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@tombrazier said in Hollow shaft extruder:
The 34g one has an outer diameter of 33mm. I think this might actually be small enough to mount on a Voron tool head.
Ah, bother, it isn't. There's only about 12.5mm distance between the axis of the filament and the part cooling fan. A motor would have to be 25mm or less in diameter to fit inside a Voron Stealthburner.
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@tombrazier said in Hollow shaft extruder:
@o_lampe It's not clear to me that the encoder is needed. Unless SimpleFOC requires it?
I asked myself the same. There are different example projects, I'm sure it's required for absolute positioning.
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@o_lampe there are different types of encoders. I am sure there are models where a hole can be bored in the middle for the filament. Those with hall sensor like your example will probably not work, but those models with gray code at the edge (grayscale on circle) and optical sensor to read the information may work.
eg this here: https://www.digikey.de/de/products/detail/broadcom-limited/AEAT-84AD-LBSC0/2210459 a bit expensive though
The AMT series https://www.cuidevices.com/product/resource/amt21.pdf is another one, which is in the 50$ range and has high resolution (relative and absolute models). Probably all encoders which are assembled on the shaft are possible.
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@o_lampe Accuracy is not too good without having a encoder.
12 coils and 14 magnets would get you to ~8.5°. The more coils/magnets you have the more "steps" you will have. This is why a encoder is "required" for anything with high accuracy.If you get a encoder with above 200 pulses per rotation it would be the same as a 1.8° stepper. With a AMT103 optical encoder (holethru) for $20 you can have up to 8192 pulses per rotation, but that is definitely overkill for this usecase, and may be problematic for the MCU. Aim for something like 200-500 pulses per rotation.
If you are really wanting to cut down on weight you could probably go with something like:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004559035047.html
but that would require you to build a chamber that it would sit in, and tolerances so the disk never touches the sensor is also quite critical, and when you start printing you will get quite a bit of vibration. Have not proofread if this specific one is compatible with the ArduinoFOC lib.Edit: Should have been a reply to @tombrazier
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@pakar
The magnetic filament monitor sold by Duet3D sends angle data via i2c. One turn equals 1024 pulses. They aren't send continuosly but every 40ms.
Although I think the mag. sensor is the same as on the MKS SF2804 motor/encoder combo, I wonder if simpleFOC would be happy with this data protocol?It would be cool to use Duets filament sensor for both usecases. Filament_runout switch for Duet-trigger and i2c-pulses/rev for simpleFOC.
I'm pretty sure, we can't use the i2c data channel with both receivers? Maybe in a daisy chain manner?
(I'm fishing for an official statement here)//edit
In general it's possible to use multimaster mode and have more than one receiver communicate with the same slave.
If we had a RRF toolboard for BLDC, the problem wouldn't occur, if the filament sensor would be connected to the same MCU as the BLDC-extruder. -
@o_lampe I2C is polled by the MCU, so it's up to the MCU to decide when to read. If using interrupts from a encoder the cpu would be forced to handle every pulse when it pulses. This is why i previously stated that a high interrupt count may be problematic for the MCU.
The I2C standard do support multiple masters on the same bus, but that depends on all masters listening for the clock and not trying transfers when another master is communicating. They would also need to handle collisions on the I2C bus.
If the Duet FW has strict timing of when it needs data that might also be an issue. Second issue would be to figure out how fast the FOC algo needs to get feedback after moving the motor, and 40ms is only 25 updates per second. If reading the filament sensor there would also be quite a large lag between moving the motor and the filament moving but not sure if that's a huge problem at the speeds needed here. (25 updates per second at 1rpm = 14 degrees)If we get to a point of a working PoC i might do a spin of the simplefoc-mini and embed a tiny MCU that can do CAN-bus and/or i2c to keep all the motor-control/monitoring in the same place.
I'm running my smarteffector together with a Manta M8P on a DIY delta so have a bit more freedom myself.
My main knowledge related to this subject is in electronics and embedded development.
I'm not affiliated with Duet3D so cannot make any official statement, just interested in the extruder.
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@pakar I agree, the lag could be a problem if the sFOC needs the encoder pulses to mimic a stepper motor. (*)
An STM32 or SAMMY-C21 toolboard sure has some headroom for reading encoder pulses faster. It just wasn't necessary for filament slip detection, I guess.*) sFOC can work in open loop (eg. velocity control), but I haven't figure out how the motor would be started. (reading backEMF would require a spinning motor and doesn't work well in low-rev scenarios.
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@pakar said in Hollow shaft extruder:
If you are really wanting to cut down on weight you could probably go with something like:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004559035047.htmlThe page doesn't show anything. The article is not available...
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Just a free-standing optical disk and reader.
Search for "optical encoder disc" to get some more details.This was just the first one on ali i found.
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I just registered on simpleFOCs own forum and asked some questions.
There is a guy, who has build his own screw-extruder, his own (tiny!!) hotend and designed an STM32 based simpleFOC driverboard with encoder. Awesome guy!
Check out his video
He, amongst others, voted against building a toolboard with BLDC driver, but instead provide basic step/dir interface and use simpleFOC on a standalone board. -
@o_lampe
That was exactly what i was thinking of, but with a external counter.
Give me a shout if you are thinking about ordering some of those boards. Can do all the soldering/flashing if needed. Don't have a resin-printer myself to print the extruder so maybe we can do a colab.Would probably be possible to use something existing like this instead of printing that disc. (steps and size would of course need to be matched with the extruder/motor/pcb)
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@pakar
I'm not through with reading all the interesting stuff over there and they seem to be very active.
The sFOC-mini I've ordered is not the best solution (but it's the official PCB).
I'm sure we find a way to colab. I live in Germany, BTW.The slotted disk wouldn't work with his reflective sensor. I thought of making my own disk from black anodized and laser engraved aluminum. Or spray-paint/engrave a lighter plastic disk. My CO2 laser could then do both, cutting the shape and engrave.
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@pakar said in Hollow shaft extruder:
12 coils and 14 magnets would get you to ~8.5°. The more coils/magnets you have the more "steps" you will have. This is why a encoder is "required" for anything with high accuracy.
Thanks @pakar. I have not explored the topology of BLDC motors so I have no idea how 12 coils and 14 motors would result in 8.5°. Part of me thinks wow, that's intriguing tell me more and part of me just wants to take it as read!
Anyway, with my VDE-100 that represents 0.035mm of extruder travel and I am pretty happy with that. More to the point, though, I think the most important thing with the extruder is speed, not absolute position.
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@tombrazier said in Hollow shaft extruder:
the most important thing with the extruder is speed, not absolute position.
That's what they said, too. You could live with open loop, then it runs in velocity control,but the starting sequence is a lottery (my words). Not sure how well it behaves when changing direction for retract/unretract. Will there be a hiccup every time, or will the motor sync once and stay synced while powered?
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@o_lampe I really like the stand alone board with the step/dir interface. Looks like it has not yet become mass produced by China.
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Not sure how well it behaves when changing direction for retract/unretract. Will there be a hiccup every time, or will the motor sync once and stay synced while powered?
@o_lampe Same dynamics here as with stepper motors, I would think. M201 and M205 will need tuning.
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@tombrazier The best about these boards (there is also a similar mosquito board):
they only use parts that are/were in stock! Quite a challenge, I can tell from my own experience.
