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Topic: Solidoodle 2 sainsmart lcd upgrade

Hey Guys,
I am new to the forum. I have been using a solidoodle gen 2 for a little over 2 years now. IT's been great, but I want to make it stand a lone. I have heard of people using panelolu2 and panelolu to upgrade the solidoodle 2. But I was wondering if anyone could tell me if the sainsmart lcd and sd card at the link below would also work. http://www.amazon.com/SainSmart-Control … rt+sd+card

I ask because this is less than half the cost of the panelolu, and free shipping. I have a Rev E motherboard. I'm sure it will take some fidgeting to get it working, I was just wondering if anyone here could tell me if it would work for certain. I called Solidoodle support this afternoon, and they recommended I post this question here. Hope that is okay. Thanks in advance for the help.
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Re: Solidoodle 2 sainsmart lcd upgrade

Assuming you still have the original Sanguino board, this will not plug directly into it.  This plugs into a RAMPS board or somthing similar.

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Re: Solidoodle 2 sainsmart lcd upgrade

pirvan wrote:

Assuming you still have the original Sanguino board, this will not plug directly into it.  This plugs into a RAMPS board or somthing similar.


If the board has an EXP1 and EXP2 header then this will work. The issue is if the firmware supports it.

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Re: Solidoodle 2 sainsmart lcd upgrade

How do I verify that the firmware will work? It is a Rev E board. Not sure where to check for those headers? Thanks for the help by the way.

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Re: Solidoodle 2 sainsmart lcd upgrade

Here is a link on how to get a Panelolu to work with the Printrboard Rev D & E

http://blog.think3dprint3d.com/2013/04/ … board.html

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