2025 Asian Conference on Communication and Networks (ASIANComNet 2025)

The main issues with traditional 3D printing technology are human involvement, physical contact, and limited remote control capabilities. A drawback of this 3D printing is that it is not fully automated or accessible to the public, which slows down the process. This paper aims to design and develop a remote 3D printing system to improve the standard process. The system also includes wireless connectivity, allowing users to upload design files wirelessly to the printer, eliminating the need for USB flash drives or SD cards. Additionally, incorporating a camera module allows the printing process to be streamed in real-time via a dedicated website or mobile app. Our system consists of the original QIDI Tech 1 3D printer, a PC, a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4GB, and the Raspberry Pi camera module v2. The QIDI Tech 1 3D printer features a closed-source motherboard with an ATmega 2560 microcontroller. Software development is divided into frontend and backend. The frontend, visible to users, manages the user interface and interactions. It is built with HTML (HyperText Markup Language) for content structure, JavaScript for interactivity, and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for styling, all within the React JavaScript framework. The backend manages server-side operations and hardware interactions, including the 3D printer. Its core is the REST (REpresentational State Transfer) API (Application Programming Interface), which connects various services.

remote 3D printing, wireless connectivity, real-time monitoring, Raspberry Pi, REST API