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ANET A8 optical z probe (BLtouch like with servo)
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My big inductive probe suddenly died (led always ON) after only 6 months of good services... I ordered a new one on ebay from China, but as I woudd have to wait 4 weeks or so I decided to build an optical one which to my big surprize seems being really very accurate.
The idea is to make it as minimal as possible with just a flag attached to a metal pin moving between the fork of an optical IR sensor. The design makes the pin fully free to move under gravity and a cheap RC servo motor will pa
The idea is to make it as minimal as possible with just a flag attached to a metal pin moving between the fork of an optical IR sensor. The design makes the pin fully free to move under gravity and a cheap RC servo motor will pa
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