Questions tagged [inductive-sensor]
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Automatic Bed Leveling (ABL) with a sensor (BLTouch, inductive, capacitive), how does it work?
A frequently discussed update to a 3D printer is the so-called leveling sensor; this sensor can be inductive, capacitive, optical or mechanical (i.e pressure or physically touching, like a BLTouch).
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Using auto-bed leveling, do I need to initiate G29 before every print?
Various methods to scan the top surface exist to improve the bed adhesion to prevent prints to come loose from the bed during printing: e.g. BLTouch and clones or inductive and capacitive sensors/...
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X axis doesn't lift after levelling
So, I recently installed an inductive sensor to my 3D printer for auto bed levelling and now I'm stuck on Z probe offset as it doesn't seem to do much apart from changing number is given on display ...
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Ender 3 ignores signal from optocoupler
Optocoupler used in conjuction with an inductive sensor on a stock Ender 3, wired like this:
Except I also wired a switch to the Z endstop signal and ground.
I don't know the switch pin layout so I ...
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How to wire an LJ18A3-8-Z/BX sensor with an optocoupler to a stock Ender 3?
I have this optocoupler.
and this sensor.
I want to wire them together and use them for auto bed leveling. Note, stock Ender 3 board (Creality v1) has 2 pins for its endstop, not 3, so this:
won't ...
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Inductive Sensor Causes Print To Stop
Just added inductive sensor to my printer (MKS Gen L Board) using Marlin 1.1.9
After some tweaking it works great!
The problem ...
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How to wire P.I.N.D.A. v2 to an SKR V1.3 board?
I bought a BigTreeTech SKR v1.3 main board and a P.I.N.D.A v2 for my P3Steel MGN. Does anyone know to wire them together and which part in Marlin 2 do I need to change?
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Can I use a 12 V single channel optocoupler module in a 24 V machine?
I have a Tevo Tornado Gold 24 V. I want to use this LJ12 A3-4-Z/BX Inductive NPN NO 4 mm with 6-36 V operation current as a Z probe. I do not want to fry my machine by putting in 24&...
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Tevo Tarantula auto bed leveling config
As discussed previously on a post, Tevo tarantula Z- port burnt, I've burnt one of my Z endstops ports (I solved this issue and I'm using the Z+ port, normally).
I did that trying to install an auto ...
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PL-08N inductive sensor not turning off
I have one of these inductive sensors marked as PL-08N which should work within a 4-30 VDC range and trigger at 8 mm or ...
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Hooking up an optocoupler in a 24V Machine, is a 2 kOhm resistor sufficient?
I am going to buy an inductive probe for my Creality Ender 3 to enable ABL (Automatic Bed Leveling). And now, I have one last question left on my mind:
I am going to buy a Vishay Optokoppler ...
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M12 vs M18 V5 inductive probe
I currently have my printrbot with a LJ12A3-4-Z/BX-5V Inductive Proximity Sensor ( 61mm M12 DC 5V NPN NO 300mA)
That detects my aluminium bed at around 1.2 mm distance. While it works, if the ...
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Anet A8 with Marlin firmware: Auto Home is crashing into bed
I got things moving from the answer to a previous question. Now, since the base-video I'm following is non-English, I want the next phase fixed: Probing failed
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Issues with Auto Bed Leveling
I have enabled auto bed leveling on my 3D printer. I have used a 6-36 V inductive sensor with a 7805 voltage regulator running the sensor at 10.78 V.
I am using Marlin 1.1.9. This is my configuration ...
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Inductive Sensor in 24 V machine?
I am getting a 24 V based Ender 3. From the factory, it has an aluminium bed. So I also put this LJ12 A3-4-Z/BX Inductive NPN NO 4 mm with 6-36 V operation current into the box together with ...
