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Whilst looking at alternatives for the electronics I came across the [http://reprap.org/wiki/Sanguinololu Sanguinololu] controller board. Checking on eBay had a Sanguinololu v1.2+ listed, complete, for £89.00 + P&P. I decided that it would be better to just buy these electronics which would allow me to simply drop in Sprinter, Marlin or something more esoteric without having to modify everything so that it would work with a RepRap Motherboard. I simply have to edit the configuration files to match my Cupcake. Of course it is not as simple as plug and play, the new firmwares allow for things like acceleration and software based end stops so will require some tweaking. Nor do many of the connectors match, the stepper motors had 0.156" pitch connector but needed 0.1" connectors, it also meant that I could not use a PC PSU for power anymore. I will talk more about getting rid of the PC power supply in the following section. | Whilst looking at alternatives for the electronics I came across the [http://reprap.org/wiki/Sanguinololu Sanguinololu] controller board. Checking on eBay had a Sanguinololu v1.2+ listed, complete, for £89.00 + P&P. I decided that it would be better to just buy these electronics which would allow me to simply drop in Sprinter, Marlin or something more esoteric without having to modify everything so that it would work with a RepRap Motherboard. I simply have to edit the configuration files to match my Cupcake. Of course it is not as simple as plug and play, the new firmwares allow for things like acceleration and software based end stops so will require some tweaking. Nor do many of the connectors match, the stepper motors had 0.156" pitch connector but needed 0.1" connectors, it also meant that I could not use a PC PSU for power anymore. I will talk more about getting rid of the PC power supply in the following section. | ||
===Improving the Power Supply=== | |||
Replaced the 300W PC power supply with a 12V 30A Power supply (may be further replaces with a smaller PSU) | |||
===Adding a Cantilever Z Axis=== | ===Adding a Cantilever Z Axis=== | ||
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===A Better Extruder=== | ===A Better Extruder=== | ||
