Network Printers

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I know I was thinking about using a pi for this effort but I have since decided to use controllers that natively support wifi. First up for this modification is the GEEETech i3 printer. This machine has been a workhorse for me..



I have already put some upgrades on this machine. This 12864 screen was an upgrade..



And now it has to go in exchange for this knob - less and color touchscreen..



When I first built this printer I was excited to get this together and discover the world of 3d printing. And as such when I got to connecting everything to the gt2560 control board I was admittedly a bit sloppy..



Here is the gt2560 controller. This is a fine controller. It just doesn't support wifi. So it has to go..



And I am building this back with an MKS base 1.5 board. I like how the stepper drivers are integrated..



I know it might seem strange that I like or even want to play with integrated drivers with a fixed amount of microstepping. And these are only 1/16 microstepping. So I have to chase down resolution with stepper motors. I got a pair of 400 steps per revolution or 0.9 degree per step motors. They will install on the x and y axes..



And here is the controller all wired in and a little cleaner wiring job this time..



Here we are all back together..



And here is the MKS wifi module that connects to the back of the MKS tft32 touchscreen..