PINDA leveling sensor

[A Former User]

@oliof said in PINDA leveling sensor:

@thedragonlord If you're not using the paneldue, the paneldue header is right next to the probe header and offers 5V:

I use panel due

[A Former User]

@gixxerfast said in PINDA leveling sensor:

Speaking of SuperPinda and Vinda. This is an alternative. Check the data sheet

https://caribou3d.com/en/sensors/762-9795-caribou-superpinda-probe-sensor-for-3d-printers.html#/219-superpindacable-1m_4_pin_molex_connector

Are the dimensions the same than the Vinda's?

[Gixxerfast]

@thedragonlord The Caribou seems shorter. I have a Vinda here somewhere. I'll measure it. Un momento ...

Nope, they are the same lenghth 35 mm. Same manufacturer Pepperl+Fuchs-Gruppe

[A Former User]

@gixxerfast said in PINDA leveling sensor:

@thedragonlord The Caribou seems shorter. I have a Vinda here somewhere. I'll measure it. Un momento ...

excellent thanks I just need the lenght of the "cylinder"

[Gixxerfast]

@thedragonlord See above. Same length 35 mm

[Gixxerfast]

@gixxerfast Also I may warn that some report that they don't work reliably when enclosed in about 50C ambient near bed and hotend (Voron) but that's maybe a special use case IDK

[A Former User]

@gixxerfast said in PINDA leveling sensor:

@thedragonlord See above. Same length 35 mm

thanks

[A Former User]

@gixxerfast said in PINDA leveling sensor:

@gixxerfast Also I may warn that some report that they don't work reliably when enclosed in about 50C ambient near bed and hotend (Voron) but that's maybe a special use case IDK

uh... I'm designing the support to be as close as possibile to the Volcano heatblock... could be an issue? The printer isn't boxed and I usually print PETG so 240 nozzle and 75 the bed...

[Gixxerfast]

@thedragonlord said in PINDA leveling sensor:

Volcano heatblock... could be an issue?

Let's see if we can ping one opinion at least @oc_geek What's your thought of the Vinda close to the hotend, OK?

[oc_geek]

@gixxerfast said in PINDA leveling sensor:

@thedragonlord said in PINDA leveling sensor:

Volcano heatblock... could be an issue?

Let's see if we can ping one opinion at least @oc_geek What's your thought of the Vinda close to the hotend, OK?

From my short experience with that probe it needs a quite thermal environment for returning reliable reads (temp ~ constant) and i think it struggles above a certain temp too. In all honesty i stepped away from such a probe... and rather quickly
However i have Voron printer which has a closed / heated chamber and so on... so it might be different in your case.
Personally i do not like it and do not like the very short range of action either. I found alternatives based on microswitch (we call Klicky in Voron context) to be infinitely better...