Infidel sensor

drspangle·infidel-sensor·electrical/smt/KiCAD/filaSens.kicad_pcb

Top view of the Infidel sensor PCB
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Infidel sensor is an open source AVR/Arduino PCB design by drspangle: a 50 × 20 mm board with 16 components (14 distinct parts). It is built around the SS495, 556-ATTINY85V10SU. Filed under sensors.

Firmware, mechanical and electrical design files for the Inline Filament Diameter Estimator, Lowcost (InFiDEL).

A cheap, yet precise filament diameter sensor, intended to compensate for filament diameter deviations in real-time.

The InFiDEL is a cheap (< $5) filament diameter sensor intended for use with FDM 3d printers. The sensor can be calibrated to provide surprisingly precise filament diameter readings in real-time. The main idea is to use the sensor to correct for filament diameter deviations while printing.

Infidel sensor, from the project README
From the project README

Built around

Parts list

16 components, 14 distinct parts — part numbers from the project's BOM.

QtyPartRefs
1
SS495
IC2
1
556-ATTINY85V10SU
TINY85
IC3
2
MOUNT-PAD-ROUND3.0
H1, H2
1
OUTPUT
JP1
1
SUPPORT_ROW
JP2
1
642-ADTSM63NVTR
MOMENTARY-SWITCH-SPST-SMD-6.2MM-TALL
S1
1
ISP
SV1
1
604-AA1608SURSK
CHIP-FLAT-Y_0603-0.35MM
LED1
2
81-GRM155R60J106ME7D
10uF
C1, C2
1
667-ERA-2VEB1001X
1k
R1
1
667-ERA-2ARB363X
36k
R2
1
667-ERJ-2RHD9101X
9k1
R3
1
667-ERA-2AEB183X
18k
R4
1
667-ERA-2VEB4701X
4k7
R5

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