3D Printing Forum

As far as I know all the original ramps boards came fitted with A4988 drivers. That having been said, the stepper motors for the most part (excluding closed loop and some hybrid types) are all the same. The steppers used on these printers can be run by any of the usual drivers as long as they are pr...

You've lost me here. The driver IS connected to a specific stepper motor. Next to each driver on the board is a connector that goes to the specific stepper motor for that label. This is controlled by the pins.h file which you generally will not mess with. Are there differences between the different ...

If I am reading what your saying correctly, the 4988 drivers are defined by default. You need to replace the A4988 with the appropriate TMC designation such as: ORIGIONAL: #define X_DRIVER_TYPE A4988 #define Y_DRIVER_TYPE A4988 #define Z_DRIVER_TYPE A4988 With: #define X_DRIVER_TYPE TMC26X #define Y...

Yeh, and I like how easy it is to mod the firmware! :-D Now that VSCode has a "Marlin Autobuild" extension, it makes it real easy to change the environment. Just put the proper board in config.h, save the file, and then go to autobuild and it will setup the proper pins, environment, and ar...

Like you, have had a problem with a printer control board. My vote it to get an SKR V1.4 (turbo) as they are relatively cheap, have a more memory than my original, can be configured either 12 or 24V and it is very easy to use VSCode to make changes in the firmware to add features etc. If the rest of...

my most recent projects have been cases to house pi zero w's and pi cameras. Have three of them now.

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I believe 15.04.6 is a very old version of Cura and is no longer supported. The current version is I think 4.7.1. The version numbering changed about the time I started 3D printing so do not know the reason for the new vs old numbering scheme.

I would say, give it a go. Who knows when the replacement will get to you and in the meantime you will be able to use the appliance. It may last long enough to get the replacement or it may last as long as the original? I have seen where some people have made change gears for lathes and they have be...

Hi, Well yesterday, decided to try putting a capacitor across the switch on the filament out sensor on the Ender5. Wow, what a difference. Did a test with the sensor laying over at the side and ran a test print. Near the end of the print and the sensor had not tripped, I checked the voltage again.Th...

yeh, that is what I thought until I had a 9 hour print fail 8+hours in because I wasn't paying close attention to it! So my search is ongoing. For the ender, I have finally found the "OctoPrint Enclosure Plugin " that will give good testing results with the switch in the Closed position wh...

Trying to get a reliable working filament out sensor/plugin to Octoprint. I keep getting false trips and its driving me crazy. Don't have much hair left to pull out so have to find something soon! Having to rebuild the hotend on my Tronxy X5S-400 after a stupid operator error of cross threading the ...

Thanks, that is what I was looking for!

Hi, OK, have a Tronxy X5s-400 and considering upgrading the control board so I can incorporate some new features in Marlin 2.x and have a better control board. :-P I have a general idea of how to go about it, but want a base set of parameters to incorporate. Sometime in the past, I remember there wa...

Hi, I think you nailed it when you talk about the power issue. I was having the same type of things happening and getting the low voltage warning. In my case, I was using a buck converter rated at 3 amps being fed off my main power supply. Used a short (less than 2") micro usb cable to power th...

Use the Extension that is builtin to Cura and the Post Processing script "Pause at height" and this will do exactly what I think you are requesting.