Tony Buser’s post about his Alternative Extruder Controller Mounting reminded me that I’ve been meaning to show a better picture of my own setup. I had blogged about it earlier, but not shown a good picture.
Side mounted extruder board, rotated motherboard
Here you can see where I’ve mounted the extruder board at the top left and how I’ve rotated the motherboard 90 degrees counter clockwise. This gives me better access to the SD card slot. If you don’t rotate the motherboard, the SD card slot is blocked by the extruder board.
Totally clear plastruder
Here you can see Leonardo Robot’s arm and how I’ve run the wires from the extruder motor and heater up to the board.
That’s a pretty logical place for it. Other than needing some more wiring, I wonder why they didn’t design it that way? I wonder if it might introduce some EMI noise?
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There was enough meat on the issue I posted about it.
https://makerblock.com/2010/02/remounted-extruder-controller-board/
I moved my extruder controller to the same place. It seems to work well.
Have you noticed any EM interference?