Makerbot Replicator 2X Duetwifi Edition
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Very cool!
If you wanted to keep the RGB led outputs then you could use some of the heater pins on the expansion header and small external MOSFETs to switch each colour.
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Thanks.
I'm a bit repelled by the price of the expansion board to just drive the LED's
Although it would be a nice added bling (maybe the developers could think about a future LED driver/expansion board?) for the printer.I will probably stick to the plain white or fix an arduino into the circuit to control the colors (without the gcode integration).
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Yes I would not buy the Duex2 just to drive LEDs ( although of course if you did I would not complain!)
You can actually use small through hole MOSFETs on a breadboard with a few jumper leads to the requisite pins. It's a bit of work (and looks a bit ghetto) but would achieve the aim.
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Yes I would not buy the Duex2 just to drive LEDs ( although of course if you did I would not complain!)
You can actually use small through hole MOSFETs on a breadboard with a few jumper leads to the requisite pins. It's a bit of work (and looks a bit ghetto) but would achieve the aim.
He could also design a working virtual prototype on a virtual bread board and then have a real working PCB addon board shipped to him.
Check this out…. the service is free through autodesk you are only charged when ordering the PCB
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Good
Now I have another project In the past I used OSH Park for my PCB creation…....maybe I will cook something up for the BLING -
Even better!
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Updated the first post. The IR Sensor mount as well as the config files are now available on Thingiverse for download.
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Hey guys,
inspired by this, I will start my already heavily modded Rep2x/ MightyBoard RevG to DuetWifi conversion today…
I will first do some config and cableworks. As this is a private project, there will be some delays here and there 
Like @IdefixRC I am using the parts from carl raffle(carriages, etc.), bottleworks arms/bed and used a custom compiled sailfish version and a filament tracking system - so this setup looks very close to mine. I will also switch to the E3D Aero, the carriage is based on the alumium single carriage from raffle. I am using good LM8SUU bearings.
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Hey,
I finished the beta cable work and got everything running smoove… I could get it managed relatively easy to reactivate the tunell filament monitor. I did grab the +5V/GND from the expansion connector (50pin) while using the E1 endstop signal pin. The tunell got his own logic and a rotary encoder, the monitor is theoretically expensible itself. The E3D Aero is giving real nice results with it's light slimline stepper, there are no more issues related to ghosting. I will have to fix positioning, it's planned that the active cooling will act as kind of a counterbalance. Actually there's to much weight on the right side. I did create all config files by hand in a step by step procedere.
Next steps
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Active cooling
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IR Probe installation
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Reactivate the led's
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Topmount for 5" display
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Mount a new frontpanel
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Aluminium sidepanels
Cheers
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@IdefixRC
Be carefull with that type of PSU (saw the picture) when you want the full power. They have issues with burning inrush current limiting NTC's….
I saw several cases... and I have a 12V one laying around now. Doesn't look that great when you open it...
