1 Topic by dbzocchi

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Topic: Hotend Board workaround/replacment or RAMPS conversion without board

Long story short, the board from my hotend died, im fairly certain the logic chip died on it, i have 2 of these printers and i tested it with the other board and everything worked, I'm looking to do one of the following

> Repair or replace the board with out having to buy a complete new hotend, as i already have a V6 kit i want to use.
> A work around to not use a board at all
> Convert to RAMPS in a way that does not require the board, if this is possible

Is there anyway of just doing away with the XYZ mainboard, and being able to plug the motors, sensors and hotend stuff into something else, i'm not using the original extruder, im using one from an ender, so no electronics on it, ive got a V6 waiting, ive removed the enclosure so no fans, and i dont care about the light

2 Reply by Tin Falcon

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Re: Hotend Board workaround/replacment or RAMPS conversion without board

this has been done before. Search for davinvinci ramps conversion . there are actual iirc two good write ups here on this forum .

Soliddoodle 4 stock w glass bed------Folger Tech Prusa 2020 upgraded to and titan /aero extruder mirror bed
FT5 with titan/ E3D Aero------MP mini select w glass bed
MP Utimate maker pro-W bondtech extruder
Marlin/Repetier Host/ Slic3r and Cura