November 2014
Intermediate to advanced
116 pages
6h 2m
English
ARDUINO GETS PHYSICAL
We take an early look at the Materia 101, Arduino’s first foray into 3D printers

Arduino
ARDUINO, BEST KNOWN FOR CREATING AN EASY-TO-USE MICROCONTROLLER revolution, is moving into 3D printing. In early October at Maker Faire Rome, the Turin, Italy-based company debuted a boxy, white-and-teal FFF printer called the Materia 101. The machine is based on the Sharebot Kiwi 3D, a diminutive printer made by the largest Italian 3D printer manufacturer. Sharebot will assemble the Materia 101 printers for Arduino.
The Materia 101’s features are simple — its print dimensions measure 140mm×100mm×100mm ...