I’ve managed to connect a webcam to the ArduinoMega that is controlling my 3D printer, so now I can trigger a picture from the G-code that the printer is reading to make the part.

This means I can take a picture at the beginning of each printed layer, and make time-lapse video like this:

One Response to “Timelapse 3D print”

  1. Julio says:

    Wow! that is awesome! could you explain how you did it…which camera you used, and the arduino code you added to the firmware!? that would be great!

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