<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/12338/azteeg-x5-mini/ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:03:07 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/106809/#p106809 One advice, I found that out the hard way ! check your trim pot on the X axis motor. If you have a fan on it you should be good, but if not, you're going to drive your motor beyond its power capabilities, it is just a NEMA14, and it overheat very quickly, missing steps and so on...

I adjested mine down, because I was missing steps after 30-40 min of printing.

]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:03:07 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/106809/#p106809 <![CDATA[Re: Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/106550/#p106550 Thanks for sharing guys!

My first piece of advice for anyone would be don't ask your question on the forum an hour before you plan to start the upgrade.  LOL I was really lucky. Wired everything up correctly and it all worked immediately. This is not my usual experience with any project.  I just used my Marlin config and some common sense to setup the smoothie config file and it all worked out.

I went 32X on all drivers and everything is quiet and smooth. I've got a little moire on the y axis but I think I need to tune my belt tension. Other than that it runs perfectly. I'm getting the nicest prints I've ever gotten out of it.

I really like this board and the whole config file thing.  It's really easy to backup known good settings when experimenting.

I don't know if it's related to the new board but it does not work well with  Octopi on a raspberry pi B+ with touchscreen. There are tons of micro-pauses causing micro-blobs. It makes a great bone texture for the T-Rex skull I printed but I can get smooth prints from my laptop using Repetier or the board's sd card. For now I'm just printing from the sd card. I can still use Octoprint to monitor temperature and send commands.

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2015 01:57:26 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/106550/#p106550 <![CDATA[Re: Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/106047/#p106047 Thanks for the precision Mate ! I remembered it was a funny name !

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:54:51 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/106047/#p106047 <![CDATA[Re: Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/105966/#p105966 bnj wrote:

I run 32 microstepping on extruder only, and it is okay, but not outstanding I think the next upgrde will be the one from E3D I don't remember its name, the little pulley that grabs the filament... They make a very small diameter one, which should be great to remove any moire effect.

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]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:52:30 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/105966/#p105966 <![CDATA[Re: Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/105941/#p105941 I am currently running an Azteeg x5 mini on my SD3, if you need any help with it, I'll be glad to give you some.

I run 32 microstepping on extruder only, and it is okay, but not outstanding I think the next upgrde will be the one from E3D I don't remember its name, the little pulley that grabs the filament... They make a very small diameter one, which should be great to remove any moire effect.

the trim pot are software controlled, so it's a little pain in the $^%$^%$ (specially for the extruder trim), but eventually, I got everything running like it's supposed to, with an e3D V6, and a silicon 8x8 bed.

I got the vikki screen V2 with it, it  is an awesome combination by the way...

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:51:43 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/105941/#p105941 <![CDATA[Re: Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/105852/#p105852 I had a printer I ran ran 32 stepping on and the noise level reduction was amazing.

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:05:25 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/105852/#p105852 <![CDATA[Re: Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/105835/#p105835 ^That, I would add that you don't want to use 1/32 stepping for Z.  It really isn't needed for X&Y either but may be fun to experiment with.

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:53:23 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/105835/#p105835 <![CDATA[Re: Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/105832/#p105832 ^Everything heartless said...

And, yes...you can wire "always on" items directly to the PSU...make sure the polarity on the fans is correct or they'll fry instantly.

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:40:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/105832/#p105832 <![CDATA[Re: Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/105830/#p105830 32x micro stepping is most noticeable on the extruder - not as much on the others. Personally, i wouldn't bother for X, Y and Z
and yes, for 32x micro stepping you would need to double the steps/mm in the firmware.

Other than that, I'm afraid I am not much help as I know pretty much nothing about the Azteeg boards

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:24:06 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/105830/#p105830 <![CDATA[Azteeg X5 Mini]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/105765/#p105765 Hi guys,

I'm getting ready to replace a Sanguinololu board with the Azteeg X5 Mini. Has anyone done this on a Solidoodle 2 that would be willing to share their config file? I feel pretty confident that I've configured everything correctly but it would be nice to see one from a working machine.  Also, a couple of questions:

1. Can / should I run 32x microstepping on all steppers? I'm using my marlin settings for steps per mm as a starting point. Would I need to double the number if enabling 32x? Marlin was based on 16x.

2. There doesn't seem to be anywhere to connect always on fans, led, etc. Can I connect these directly to the power supply?

3. Any other advice?

Thanks.

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