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markniu / Bed_Distance_sensor

Auto bed level with High resolution distance sensor
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Sensor in CNC DIODE? #171

Open TheChapus opened 2 months ago

TheChapus commented 2 months ago

Hello, I am currently a Diode laser CNC user and I am looking for an option to "always" keep the laser focus at 100%, would it be possible to use this sensor if I have a motor on the X axis to move Z? I currently have a Sculpfun S6, TTW5.5 and I am building a new machine with 20x40 profiles, I also have generic grbl boards with I2C to be able to install the sensor. I look forward to your comments. Thanks

markniu commented 2 months ago

I think the hardware should no problem, and maybe need to do some firmware work, but you can refer this from the marlin firmware.

TheChapus commented 2 months ago

Thank you very much for your reply. Diodo's CNC machines do not use Marlin, but instead work with GRBL. I have been doing some research and I think that a ToF sensor would work better, since this one only works with "metallic" surfaces. I will continue to investigate.