Keep blowing my Arduinos regulator... (2 replies)
Hello, Hope someone can help. Just blown the regulator in two Megas, now, after the first one, I swapped out the ramps board completely except for the fans on 12v aux and the steppers. I'm guessing I...
View Article1.2v On D10 whenever the extruder is attached. (1 reply)
So, I am upgrading my delta printer with SilentStepSticks and a new hotend. I have everything connected and when I first powered it on i realized the extruder stepstick was in backward. After...
View Articleimput voltage ramps (1 reply)
can i use voltages higher than 12v for ramp ? I setup an agm battery with a charge regulator and a dc power supply ... as an ups ... i haven't 12v ... but about 14-15 ... may be ok for the board ? thx
View ArticleSwitch mode power supply for RAMPS (high inrush current) (1 reply)
Hello guys, I'm thinking about getting a Switch mode power supply for my RAMPS with Arduino and Nema17 steppers. The specs look pretty good and the Price is amazing. What i also like that there is no...
View Articlem106 and bed fan (no replies)
Hi folks, It's been ages since i've played with my Ramps, so i've pretty much forgotten everything. M106/m107. Does that control the output on the D9/mosfet? Can m106/m107 be changed to control a...
View ArticleRAMPS 1.4 without D1 (3 replies)
Hello, I'm the (almost) happy owner of a prusa i3 with RAMPS 1.4, that has never wanted to work. I was having some weird voltage issues where arduinos would get fired if I connected them to my PC, so...
View ArticleUsing RAMPS with semi-working Arduino (2 replies)
Hi, I'm trying to get a RAMPS+Mega2560 to work for my Anet A8 Prusa i3 clone. It was shipped without controller board and as the manufacturer of course tells me that that's impossible and does not...
View Articletwo specific 5V voltage regulator questions (no replies)
So I know that every third topic here is about the 5V voltage regulator of the arduino, however, I would still like to ask the following two questions which I still haven't found definitive answers...
View ArticleMotors not moving (no replies)
Hello everyone, I was hoping you could point me to a solution here... I've been messing about with RAMPS for a while, and have burned quite a few of them for impure voltages going around in the...
View ArticleHeat Bed not operating as I thought it would, electronics help needed. (no...
I'm in the testing phase of building a new printer based on a RAMPS 1.5 / Arduino 2560 board set. Firmware is based on the Marlin RC-6 I wanted a little larger than normal print area so I decided on a...
View Articleramps1.4 and new firmware rc7 (2 replies)
hi , i just try to test the new marlin firmware and i end up screw two arduino board with two sets of ramps and driver. since i tested , i see the 3 axis blink with this ?, as you can see the image ....
View ArticleMagic smoke from RAMPS (1 reply)
Now, i know that electricity works with smoke. Because when smoke comes out, electricity will not work anymore. [attachment 84437 burnbabyburn.jpg] So, how do i put smoke back in the wires? It must...
View ArticleWeird movement of X-axis when extrude/retract filament (no replies)
Hi, I'm building a dual extruder 3d printer using the Marlin-RC firmware. I have got everything working so far until i face this one main problem. My extruder 1 will not extrude/retract at all, and my...
View Articlepowering off the RAMPS board (2 replies)
My i3 Prusa style printer is running great these days but I want to make a modification. Some time ago I added a power indicator light, a power switch, and fuses to the PSU - which all work fine. The...
View ArticleSwitching to RAMPS precautions? (3 replies)
I'm going to be "upgrading" to a RAMPS 1.4 board. I've had this RAMPS and Arduino sitting in a box for a couple of years and haven't gotten around to using it. It's a Genuine Arduino (not clone) and...
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Help! Switched to MKS Gen 1.4 (from ramps 1.4), now all my prints suck!(td)...
I really can't figure this out. I switched from Ramps 1.4 to MKS 1.4, because i needed the extra fan port (dual extrusion), and also it seemed like a better overall board. I've already melted the...
View Articleshort circuit with the heattbed (2 replies)
Hello ramps helprs, I have a prablmo with TEMP reading on the ramps the temperature reading is stuck on a number I check the thermistor's both fine so Iam guessing I short some thing. my mk2 hetedbed...
View ArticleZ max endstop problem (1 reply)
I'm out of ideas, please help. Upgrading my Davinci2.0 printer to RAMP1.4 and Marlin. All the hardware (PSU, endstops, RAMP, etc) is working. The X and Y endstop works, but Z endstop only manually...
View ArticleFried mega? (1 reply)
Hi, Sorry my english isn't very good. Got a shortcircuit on my prusa. The 2 wires of the heater cartridge went naked and touched each other. They went red. The thermistance of my extruder died in the...
View ArticleWhere to put a bigger heatsink for the A4988 (1 reply)
Hi, I want to install a bigger heat sink for the A4988 instead of the 9x9mm standard ones. My problem is that despite all precautions I'd managed to burn two so far. I don't think it was a short...
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