FABtotum Raspberry Pi 3 upgrade

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<p>This is a holder that you can use if you want to replace the Raspberry Pi Model B with a Raspberry Pi 3 in the original version of the FABtotum 3D-printer.</p> <p><strong>NOTE: Please be aware of that you have to cut away some plastic on the FABtotum to get the Raspberry Pi 3 to fit. Please be careful if you decide to replace your Pi with a Pi 3. And make sure to DISCONNECT THE POWER CORD before you start.</strong></p> <p>I recently read that FABtotum has a new version of their 3D-printer called <a href="http://www.fabtotum.com/fabtotum-core-now-upgraded-shipping">FABtotum CORE Edition</a>. It is powered by a Raspberry Pi 3 instead of a Raspberry Pi Model B.<br/> As an owner of the original FABtotum I was very interrested to know if it was possible to retrofit a Raspberry Pi 3 to the original version of the printer. I read in their forum that it should be possible so I decided to try to do it.</p> <p>It was possible, and it turned out to work great! It did involve some "modification" of some plastic wall within the printer, but it was not that difficult to do. I also had to create something to hold the Pi 3 in place, as the screw holding the original Pi could not be used (the screw used a hole in the Pi PCB which is not present on the Pi 3).</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><h3>Category: 3D Printer Parts Summary</h3> <p>This is a holder that you can use if you want to replace the Raspberry Pi Model B with a Raspberry Pi 3 in the original version of the FABtotum 3D-printer.</p> <p><strong>NOTE: Please be aware of that you have to cut away some plastic on the FABtotum to get the Raspberry Pi 3 to fit. Please be careful if you decide to replace your Pi with a Pi 3. And make sure to DISCONNECT THE POWER CORD before you start.</strong></p> <p>I recently read that FABtotum has a new version of their 3D-printer called <a href="http://www.fabtotum.com/fabtotum-core-now-upgraded-shipping">FABtotum CORE Edition</a>. It is powered by a Raspberry Pi 3 instead of a Raspberry Pi Model B.<br/> As an owner of the original FABtotum I was very interrested to know if it was possible to retrofit a Raspberry Pi 3 to the original version of the printer. I read in their forum that it should be possible so I decided to try to do it.</p> <p>It was possible, and it turned out to work great! It did involve some "modification" of some plastic wall within the printer, but it was not that difficult to do. I also had to create something to hold the Pi 3 in place, as the screw holding the original Pi could not be used (the screw used a hole in the Pi PCB which is not present on the Pi 3).</p> <h3> Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer:</strong> FABtotum</p> <p><strong>Rafts:</strong> No</p> <p><strong>Supports:</strong> No</p> <p><strong>Resolution:</strong> 0.2mm</p> <p><strong>Infill:</strong> 30%</p> <p><strong>Notes:</strong></p> <p>I printed it with a 0.35 mm nozzle, but I don't think that the nozzle size matters.</p> <h3> Post-Printing</h3> <p><strong>Additional parts needed:</strong></p> <p>Besides the 3D-printed parts, you need the following to mount everything together:</p> <ul> <li>2 x 16mm M2.5 machine screws</li> <li>2 x M2.5 nuts</li> <li>2 x 20mm M4 machine screws</li> <li><p>2 x M4 nuts<br/> <strong>Instructions:</strong></p> <p>A complete description of how to replace the Raspberry Pi Model B with a Raspberry Pi 3 is available at <a href="http://lele.se/fabtotum">http://lele.se/fabtotum</a></p> </li> </ul>