Photon Elephant: A real OS for your 3D Printer.

A project in Austin, TX by Photon Elephant, LLC
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Use a Raspberry Pi to control your 3D printer’s motors and UI! Our SDK makes it easy to add features and incorporate feedback.
3D Printing
Backers: 248
Average Pledge Per Backer: $87

Funded: $21,502 of $10,000
Dates: Jan 13th -> Feb 12th (30 days)
Project By: Photon Elephant, LLC
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Latest News

Update on Print Speed!

February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! First off, we want to thank everyone for their patience in bearing with us while we worked on our acceleration logic! We’ve spent a ton of time over the last few weeks implementing an improved version of the speed and acceleration... (Read More)

Progress Update!

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! There have been some great questions from our community about speed and acceleration that we have been working hard on ironing out and we wanted to give you folks an insight on our progress! On a Raspberry Pi we can comfortably control a... (Read More)

Raspberry Pi 2!

January 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Birthday to Raspberry Pi-- And an even happier deliverable for our Kickstarter Supporters!!! We are excited to announce that we will support the new Raspberry Pi 2. Expect all deliverables to be compatible. Happy Printing from your Photon... (Read More)

Funded in under 48 hours!

January 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank You So Much It’s hard to believe that in just 48 short hours we were able to reach our whole funding goal!!! We are just blown away by all of your interest, support and kind words! We will be coming up with some stretch goals shortly so stay... (Read More)

Thank you all so much!!

January 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! We can't tell you how grateful we are for all the love, support, and feedback we've already received! Check out this video of a model we recently printed as a gift for some of our friends in Austin! If you look closely you can see the Pi... (Read More)

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