I’m semi-new to 3D Printing and have so far only used the Anet v1.0 Main Board.
I have just bought a Tronxy x5s which i plan to put together soon but when i went to get the files for flashing Marlin to it i found that it doesn’t have a boot loader and requires other hardware to flash it the first time. This is mostly fine but i can’t find any clear information on exactly what hardware i need to do this and a full step by step guide with such hardware.
If anyone can provide links to the exact hardware required to be compatible with flashing this board and guide me through the steps it would be greatly appreciated.
I plan to (Hopefully) replace the main board entirely at some point in the near future. I have no idea about main boards for 3D printers. Can anyone recommend to me a good quality main board which has a boot loader pre-installed and is compatible with Marlin please?
I also want to upgrade the heat bed by sticking one of those orange silicone heat mats to the bottom of it and then cover that with insulation. The largest i can find at a decent price is 300x300 but the tronxy x5s build plate is 330x330. will the 300x300 mat be ok for this job?
Just had a look at the board and looks much better than what it came with and my old Anet v1.0 board.
I notice these have the headers for stepper drivers though, my assumption here is that there are no onboard stepper drivers at all and require a set before being able to use.
I will just use A4988. Drv8825 supports 1/32 microstepping instead of 1/16 on A4988. In terms of noise, not much of differences. I think the Tronxy 12864 LCD on Tronxy X5S is a Reprap Discount Graphics Controller, so it should work with MKS GEN-L. Anet graphics controller uses different pinout, so it might not work directly.
And ahhh ok, i will stick with the tronxy LCD for now then and see if i like it, if not i can always take the LCD from my anet and test it or look for an alternative.
I don’t print anything tiny, so I can’t tell the difference. From I read, Drv8825 might have problems skipping if 24v is provided. I used them on x and y axis of my Anet A8. For me, Drv8825 did not provide any more values than A4988.
I can’t pull the triggers on TMC2208, because they are more expensive and my CR-10/Ender3/Tarantula is much much quieter than A8. I am sure the Tronxy X5S probably much quieter than your A6.
Ah ha, very good to know, ty. So im guessing TMC2208 is smaller steps like 1/64 or 1/256?
My standard nozzle is a .4 but i have .25 and .15 i plan to use as well and in the future plan to get even a .1. i also print all the way down to .05 layer heights when doing small very smooth highly detailed prints.
I might get both the A4899 and Drv8825’s since they aren’t very expensive then i can try both.
This flexible heater builder tool allows you to configure a silicone rubber heater up to 24" (609.6mm) X 18" (457.2mm) so it shouldn’t be any problem to configure a 330x330mm.
