5V VCC and 12V AUX (1 reply)
Hi all, Bit of a skeptical user here as I've gone through an Arduino Mega and Ramps 1.4 board so want to make sure I do things right... I've bought a new ramps 1.4 board which has come with a jumper...
View ArticleStepper motors grinding (2 replies)
Hi all I am currently working on assembling a RAMPS 1.4-based i3-style printer. I'm running a customized Marlin firmware on the board, and am using four DRV8825 stepper drivers (X, Y, Z1/Z2, and E0)....
View ArticleRamps 1.4 USB issue (1 reply)
hi all I have been having a problem with my Ramps board (new) and killing usb on megas. The first thing I need to check is the possibility of a ground loop issue, which I shall do next - but I was...
View ArticleLimit Switch Ground and shared wires (no replies)
I'm building a RAMPS-based XY plotter and have had good success, but I need help consolidating my wiring to add limit switches. I think I have "almost" a good idea for implementing limit switches and...
View Article"Error: printer halted. kill () called!" with RAMPS 1.4 shield (no replies)
Hi everyone, I'm building a Prusa I2, a by now almost ancient design, of which I had most parts already laying around. I'm using a RAMPS 1.4 shield on an Arduino mega, and a4988 stepper drivers on...
View ArticleReverse engineering a CreatBot 2560 ramps style board (no replies)
I am trying to reverse engineer a CreatBot controller in order to install an updated version of Marlin. I am able to get Marlin on but all the pins are wrong. I manually traced the the stepper and...
View ArticleRAMPS board to control a standalone Prusa heat PCB (no replies)
Is there a way to configure a RAMPS board and Arduino to control just a heated bed? I have a non heated bed 3d printer and I want to add a heated bed to it. I have an Arduino and RAMPS board and just...
View ArticleRAMPS 1.4 and external mosfets (1 reply)
Hi All, I am planning on switching to a RAMPS board in the next week or so. I have a question regarding powering the board when using 2 external mosfets (one for the heat bed and one for the...
View ArticleCant set 1/8 stepping - DRV8825 (1 reply)
Hi recently I bought a second Ramps 1.6 (ramps 1.4 with mosfets and stuff) to have a spare and oh boy did I bought it right in time. My last board (same as the new one) shorted out while trying to...
View ArticleRe: Ramps 1.4 (2 replies)
HI , i am ashok . i am facing one problem with 3d printer. initial condition of hotend temperature is not giving room temperature..instead of showing room temperature it is showing like this 250 C and...
View ArticleRAMPS 1.6 BL Touch (2 replies)
Hey all, I have a new ramps 1.6 board and my BL touch is not working. The 1.6 doesn't seem to have the jumper for the 5v and vcc. So im stuck trying to test the power properly. Sticking my MM on the...
View ArticleHeaters turning off after leveling (no replies)
I have an MKS Gen L that I installed on an Ender 2 along with a BLTouch clone. After mesh leveling using "G29" and the purge line, the heater are turning off. It pre-heats before leveling. I have...
View ArticleCannot upload marlin to arduino (1 reply)
All is working well but when i enable SDSUPPORT in configuration.h, it can't be upload to arduino
View ArticleSD not working due to length of cable (5 replies)
I've run into an interesting problem. RAMPS 1.4, Firmware : Marlin 2.0 I recently built a new machine. From what I can tell due to the length of ribbon cable for the display the SD support fails. If I...
View Article5V pin reads too low with external power supply, arduino not working. (7...
Hi all, I have the following setup with these symptoms: 1. USB connection, no external power supply: blink example works. 5V-GND reads 5V 2. External power (12V) via ramps 1.4: led blinks fast and...
View ArticleStepper motor has motion in only one direction (no replies)
Hi, I upated my printer (Vellemann k8200) to Ramps 1.4 everything worked fine for several Minutes but then the y-axis only traveled in one direction. On the way back the stepper did a weird sound and...
View ArticleCan't comunicate with mega2560 with ramps attached (4 replies)
I feel silly posting this, and it took me a while to work up the courage, but I can't communicate with mega2560s, if they're connected to a ramps1.4. This is new, several of these boards used to work....
View ArticleTo whomever has Ramps 1.6 wiki page edit permissions (2 replies)
I popped onto the wiki, and saw that the page was out of date: the bulk of information on the page is chastising Bigtreetech for GPL violations, but the schematics and PCB files have been available on...
View ArticleMKS Gen L and RepRap display + Z axis travel (no replies)
Genuine MKS Gen L BigTree Tech - Discount RepRap Smart Controler. Marlin 1.1.9 BugFix release. I was getting nothing on the display not even the back light so I've followed one of the "fixes" and...
View ArticleMKS Board and Display (2 replies)
MKS Board and Display?? There is an issue using some Discount RepRap Smart Controllers with genuine MKS Gen L boards. Unfortunately my display is by BigTree Tech and isn't working properly and I would...
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