projects:3dprinting:anycubic_i3_mega:bltouch_retrofit
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| ====== Retrofitting the Anycubic I3 Mega with an ANTCLABS BLTouch leveller ====== | ====== Retrofitting the Anycubic I3 Mega with an ANTCLABS BLTouch leveller ====== | ||
| ===== Hardware changes ===== | ===== Hardware changes ===== | ||
| The printer can be upgraded with an automatic leveller from [[https:// | The printer can be upgraded with an automatic leveller from [[https:// | ||
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| - | After modifying hardware, also [[cura_bltouch_and_profile_settings|software needs to be modified]] in order to allow the 3d printer to recognize the leveller and use it accordingly. | ||
| The pins with which the ANTCLABS BLTouch interfaces at the controller are D2 and D11. Although it would be possible to use other pins, it has become a kind of de facto standard for this printer to use these ones: | The pins with which the ANTCLABS BLTouch interfaces at the controller are D2 and D11. Although it would be possible to use other pins, it has become a kind of de facto standard for this printer to use these ones: | ||
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| * D11 (Mega 2560, digital pin 11) for the control signal | * D11 (Mega 2560, digital pin 11) for the control signal | ||
| - | To understand how to connect the leveller to the controller, the following overview shows how the signals are routed (click on pictures for larger size): | + | To understand how to connect the leveller to the controller, the following overview((The original version of this drawing showed a wrong path for the entry point of the D2 wire (large connector instead of middle connector, pin 5) at the I3-MEGA-HUB circuit board, and the continuation of this wire at the HUB circuit board (green wire, not yellow), as was pointed out on 02-07-2020 by Mr. Marco Burato. Current drawings show the correct routing.)) |
| ^ Anycubic I3 MEGA BLTouch wiring overview | ^ Anycubic I3 MEGA BLTouch wiring overview | ||
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