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Hardware and software researches and upgrades for Flashforge adventurer M5/M5 PRO
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Mounting a RPI with screen on the printer #19

Open pelegw opened 3 months ago

pelegw commented 3 months ago

With the klipper mod now available, I wonder if anyone thinks of maybe adding a RPI with a small screen to the printer? While klipper still runs on the main board, you can run klipperscreen on the RPI and offload this memory hog from the main board this way. You could also run multiple printers that way with a single screen through remote connection to moonraker.

I'm working with a RPI+Screen I have leftover from another project, but my modeling skills kinda suck, so if anyone has an idea how to mount the assembly to the printer and can model it, I'll try out and show results.

mBlinkii commented 3 months ago

I would replace the original display, either mount the RPI behind the new display or find a place for it at the back of the printer. You can model the whole thing with Fusion360, which is free for private use.

mBlinkii commented 3 months ago

do you have any idea how to connect the rpi to the printer? i'm currently waiting for the guys from here. https://github.com/synthread/Klippventurer/issues/21#issuecomment-2016443956

xblax commented 3 months ago

I would not recommend removing the original display. It provides the only external USB port and connects the Camera. Also I think if it's missing that could lead do various problems with the mod or Linux in general.

What you could do is to use the "lite" variant of the mod and mount another screen or tablet on top of the existing.

pelegw commented 3 months ago

I'm trying out operating without a screen, so far two prints in, nothing bad is happening Note that if a PI+Screen is installed, the camera connects directly to the pi, so the USB port isn't that critical.