Mintion Nozzle Camera | AI Detection Nozzle Camera for First Layer Printing
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Mintion Nozzle Camera (NZC) is specially designed with an auto-focus lens and two pieces of LEDs to observe the first layer printing for 3d printing. With this small tool, it will be helpful to understand how the filament is flowing, layer adhesion, and extrusion diagnosis. Cooperating with Obico, a well-known smart AI detection provider in the 3d printing industry, this nozzle camera will make it much easier to access Obico's First Layer AI Detection to have smart detection for your 3d printer. (The USB cable is included.) The First Layer AI Detection subscription will be available in MAY.
We have designed two camera holders for Prusa i3 MK3S+ and Voron StealthBurner, which you can download from Printables.com directly.
Note: Mintion Nozzle camera is not a standalone product, if your printer is a Marlin system, then you need a Raspberry PI to run on Octoprint to use; if your printer is a Klipper system, then you can plug & play to use.
Packing List:
Nozzle Camera x 1set
USB Cable 2M or 2.5M x1pc
Screw x4pcs
Sticker x1pc
Ties x10pcs
Mintion Nozzle Camera | AI Detection Nozzle Camera for First Layer Printing
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Auto Focus & LED Integrated
The LED will be illuminated when the cable is plug
Nozzle Camera Mount
We have designed for Prusa i3 MK3S+ and Voron StealthBurner head, and more is coming
Different Perspective on 3D Printing
Observe the details on filament flowing, extrusion, and adhesion for your 3d printing
Without First Layer AI Detection
With First Layer AI Detection by Obico
Three months subscription for FREE
Specification
Model
NZC
Sensor Size
1/3" CMOS sensor
Resolution
1920(H) * 1080(V)
Frame Rate
1080P @30FPS
Lens
Auto Focus
Lens Distance
3cm in default, 2-5cm on focus range
Lens FOV
72 Degree
Exposure
Auto Exposure
LEDs
Auto Illumination
FPC Cable Length
180mm
USB Cable Length
2M or 2.5M
Power
DC5V 170mA
FAQs
Why do we make Mintion Nozzle Camera?
What printer should I use for this nozzle camera?
How shall I install the camera to my printer?
You can print the holder and screw the holder onto the hotend, and connect the USB to the Raspberry Pi board (Marlin) or Mainboard USB socket (Klipper), then the nozzle angle video feed will be shown.
Why it's only in 1080P resolution, not to 4K Resolution?
Secondly, the Raspberry Pi chipset is built with limited resource on handling with MJPEG video streaming, higher resolution means more exhaustion for chipset resources. 1080P resolution is almost the maximun it can handle with.
Finally, for First Layer AI Detection by Obico, 1080P image is enough to deal with; 4K resolution image maybe affected by network bandwith.
How can I get the notification when it detected?
How long do we have the Obico AI First Layer Detection subscription?
Customer Reviews
Easy to install and setup.
I find the images from the ai snapshot often blurry (probably motion) happy with the product.
I am part of the Obico training, and am using this camera on a StealthBurner cover. The cam is currently experiencing some issues, but when it was working… it was great. According to Mintion support, the camera is having signal/interference issues.
Low points: The cam doesn’t have a guide for V4L2-CTL commands that are defined. My cam video out of the box was very dark and grainy, and required hours of trial and error to get the undefined settings tuned for good clear video. A wiki/github guide with defined commands would have helped greatly.
The onboard LED’s aren’t controllable, or at least Mintion doesn’t tell you how. This would be nice to get some dimming, as my E3Dv6 blue sock is causing some light exposure problems due to being closer to the light source.
The lack of setup guides for klipper/crowsnest is a pain too, it again took hours of trial and error to find the best resolution and streamer protocol to get more than 1-2 FPS to stream.
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Pros: if you have a smaller heat block, or the option to mount this further away, it’s crisp and clear with a good internet connection.
The LED’s built in are a big upgrade compared to the similar 3DO cam offering. Plenty of FPC ribbon to reach where you want to install it.
Set up was very easy camera works fantastic great product