Marvell announced the industry’s first fully integrated 3D printer system-on-chip (SoC) and software solution platform, further extending Marvell’s technology leadership position in printer technology and marking a new era in the printing market.
Marvell’s technology platform is based on the company’s powerful and flexible 88PA6120 SoC, a revolutionary hardware development kit and full Linux-based software development kit, addressing the unique needs of the burgeoning 3D printer market segment. Marvell’s 3D printer SoC solution platform is designed to help drive 3D printing into mainstream applications by enabling a broad array of customers to quickly bring innovative, full-featured 3D printer products to market and enhancing the end user 3D printing experience.
“Smart printing is an important part of the ‘Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle.’ As the world’s #1 leader in printer processing technology, I am very proud of our latest innovation that revolutionizes 3D printing and brings the benefit of this very exciting technology to the mainstream market globally.” said Weili Dai, President and Co-Founder of Marvell.
“I am very thankful for our innovative and dedicated engineering teams and their continuous contributions to the printing industry. At Marvell, it is our passion and mission to continue innovating, inventing, and creating new technologies that better the lives of all consumers around the world.”
Marvell’s 3D printer SoC solution provides a complete reference kit with full-featured functionality to enable turnkey development and quick time-to-market of 3D printer products. The 3D printer SoC solution includes Marvell’s 88PA6120, a 533 MHz, ARM v7 compatible processor with dual real-time microprocessors, enabling highly-customizable precision motion control.
The combination of Marvell’s host processors and hardware and software reference platforms provide a unique feature set to meet the distinctive requirements of the 3D printing market. In addition, the full reference kit incorporates features such as rich user interfaces with touch LCD support to allow for advanced touch screen control functionality.
Features:
－ Marvell’s 88PA6120 SoC
－ Several Marvell WiFi/Bluetooth options such as Marvell’s 88W8801 Avastar Wi-Fi SoC
－ Full-featured Linux SDK, including real-time 3D motion control, Ethernet and WiFi network stacks, LCD user interface, and board support package
－ Full development tool support
－ Flexible hardware development platform with connectivity options for multiple 3D printer designs
