Generation 6, or Gen6, can be described as a dedicated, Plug-&-Play, single board solution for FFF/FDM 3D Printers. It is designed to be professionally manufactured, with many small surface mount components, as opposed to Generation 7 which is designed to be printed on a Mendel(among other design goals).

Another major difference with Gen6 electronics is that they use Texas Instruments DRV8811 chips to drive the stepper motors. This means they require firmware modifications from the normal Polulu-based electronics which use Allegro A4983 chips.

 

Specifications:

Dimensions 110x60mm

Mounting grid: 100x50mm (4x M3)

Input voltage 12-24Vdc

On-board controller: ATmega 644p (Atmel Corp.)

RS485 connector: RJ45

Heat output: MOSFET output, 4A

Thermistors input: 100K thermistor