MKS Gen 1.4 + Full Graphic Smart Controller 12864 LCD -> What wifi module ?
Posted by ovisopa
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MKS Gen 1.4 + Full Graphic Smart Controller 12864 LCD -> What wifi module ? December 25, 2018 01:31PM |
Hello and Happy Christmas to everyone!
I just started building a 3D printer, gathered most of the parts a few years ago but I never had time to actually start building it, now was the perfect time. I started by drawing (the model I liked was Lautr3k 3D printer, with leadscrews instead of belts) it in Fusion 360 than cut the aluminum profiles, mill some aluminum plates and yesterday I started mounting the electronics, today I fixed some issues I had with drivers overheating and motors thicking every few seconds, now I will draw the last parts I need to mill, the X axis gantry plates, but .. before I'm finishing the hardware parts I want to know something regarding the MKS Gen 1.4 board that I have, I know I can connect a wifi module, but I'm not sure which one, will it work with the cheaper ESP8266 or I need to buy the bigger module MKS HLKWIFI ?
My board is MKS GEN 1.4 + Full Graphic Smart controller (12864 LCD), do I need the MKS-TFT32 / MKS-TFT28 touchscreen controller to use also a wifi module? I mostly want wifi to be able to upload the gcode file from my PC, and not having to move around with a SD card everytime.
Any advices are welcome, thank you.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/25/2018 01:33PM by ovisopa.
I just started building a 3D printer, gathered most of the parts a few years ago but I never had time to actually start building it, now was the perfect time. I started by drawing (the model I liked was Lautr3k 3D printer, with leadscrews instead of belts) it in Fusion 360 than cut the aluminum profiles, mill some aluminum plates and yesterday I started mounting the electronics, today I fixed some issues I had with drivers overheating and motors thicking every few seconds, now I will draw the last parts I need to mill, the X axis gantry plates, but .. before I'm finishing the hardware parts I want to know something regarding the MKS Gen 1.4 board that I have, I know I can connect a wifi module, but I'm not sure which one, will it work with the cheaper ESP8266 or I need to buy the bigger module MKS HLKWIFI ?
My board is MKS GEN 1.4 + Full Graphic Smart controller (12864 LCD), do I need the MKS-TFT32 / MKS-TFT28 touchscreen controller to use also a wifi module? I mostly want wifi to be able to upload the gcode file from my PC, and not having to move around with a SD card everytime.
Any advices are welcome, thank you.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/25/2018 01:33PM by ovisopa.
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