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electric board for prusa i3 with dual extruder or more

Posted by ddock

ddock

electric board for prusa i3 with dual extruder or more
August 16, 2013 11:59PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 7

i trying to put a dual extruder on my prusa i3 , but my ramps 1.4 doesnt support it ( becuase only 5 motor driver ). can anyone recomment a electric board for dual extruder or maybe 2 dual extruder on my prusa i3 ?

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Traumflug

Re: electric board for prusa i3 with dual extruder or more
August 17, 2013 07:23AM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 7,616

RAMPS means to support 2 extruders. 3 drivers for each geometrical axis (both Z motors onto the same driver), 2 drivers for extruders.

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Mateusz

Re: electric board for prusa i3 with dual extruder or more
August 20, 2013 11:17PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 5

Hello,
Maybe ddock thinks about this solution?
dual x- carriages: [www.thingiverse.com]

I am working on similar approach for prusa mendel - small details here: [www.thingiverse.com], but I plan on creating topic on forum to track progress.
Currently building second prusa for tests and I will use RAMPS 1.4 and use additional I/O pins to connect to motor driver like buildbob did.