Is getting color and TD off raw filament the best option? (Patreon)

After spending some time trying to get good data off of raw filament, I decided I needed to get a good baseline of what the hardware itself is capable of. The idea is to remove some of the challenges that a round piece of filament can cause. So I created TD-1s, a swatch version of TD-1. I hope to use this design to help make the filament strand TD-1 better. With that being said, if after testing I find that the data from this version is too much better, it will also be released as an option people can use in their data collection. The only difference between TD-1 and TD-1s is firmware and printed parts. The end goal is still a raw filament based TD tester.