May 2023

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SWAG & CODES

Welch's Fruit Snacks
RMRRF Sticker
Trading Cards

Please login to view codes if you received this months UFO.

Subscriber @tsiolkovsky created a neat trading card holder for the top of the printer to hold the card for the sample you're printing with!

Download Card Holder

Easy

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Explorer

IC3D

Blue Razz - Recycled PETG

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FlashForge

Burnt Titanium - PLA

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California Filament

Blue Glow - PETG

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Matter3D

Performance Amide 66 - Low Warp Unfilled - Grey

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Accessory

Vision Miner Nano Polymer

Designed for PEEK, ULTEM™, PPSU, and other high-performance FDM polymers, this build plate glue works for nearly every filament - Nylon, ABS, PLA, PETG, PEI, PSU, and almost every filament we've tested.

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Project

+Nano version of the Maker Box received an ESP32-WROOM

Automatic Tea Steeper

I thought this was a cute project, recommended by https://twitter.com/Gear3D_

Thank you to @mrdanielklein for doing the coding and remixing the models. You can find the instructions and files below.

UFO Kit Contains:

2 x SG90 Motors
1 x Power Block
1 x USB-C Power Cable
1 x Toggle Switch

Download Files and Instructions

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Programming the ESP32-WROOM Board

There are 2 ways you can program the board.

Arduino Web Editor:

One way is to use the Arduino web editor. You can create a project in the online editor and copy the code into it. Just follow the websites directions on getting the needed plug in installed. The board you would select is the esp32 dev module

Locally on PC:

First you will need the Arduino IDE installed on your computer. Which you can install from
https://www.arduino.cc/en/software . If you are using windows 11 I would suggest to download and install the legacy IDE version as new one gets some access denied errors.

Once the IDE is up and running you will need to install the esp32 board.

First thing you will need is to install the Espressif esp32 board library. You can do so by following the tutorial on the website below: [Note for our board select the esp32 dev board]

https://randomnerdtutorials.com/installing-the-esp32-board-in-arduino-ide-windows-instructions/

After the board is installed you can open up the .ino file for the project.

You can the select the board Esp32 Dev Module and the correct port and click upload.

This should compile the code and send it to the board for you!