Arduino announces 3d printer

Arduino, the company behind the open source computing platform of the same name, has announced its first 3D printer. The Materia 101 is delivered both finished and in a kit, with the DIY version being approximately 100 euros cheaper.

According to Arduino, the Materia can print 101 objects of 140x100x100mm. The accuracy of the print head on the x- and y-axis is a theoretical 0.06mm and on the z-axis 0.0025mm. The 3d printer could handle a large number of filament variants, including TPU, PET and various PLA variants.

The Materia 101 is 31x33x35cm in size, weighs 10kg and would consume 65W of power in use. An Arduino Mega 2560 board is used for the control, while an LCD is also present on the 3d printer. The end user can choose specific presets for the various pla filaments via the LCD.

Arduino will sell the Materia 101 through its own web store. The printer will be available in a DIY version, among other things. This one will have a price of less than 600 euros. The variant in which the buyer is supplied with a ready-to-use 3D printer will cost 100 euros more.