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Universal filament sensor

by Kselleslaghs

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Many thanks!

--------------EDIT 11/08/2018----------------
There is a new filament sensor upcoming next week, i made it smaller, less complicated, and easy printable.

NEW ONE
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3112319
--------------END OF EDIT--------------------

This is a 3D printed Filament sensor.
It will warn you of blocked filament or broken filament.

The arduino waits for a certain time to pass. If the sensor didn't put out any HIGH or LOW signal the arduino will respond with a continuous beep until the filament moves again.

Ps. I configurated the arduinosketch to work with a vary of 3dprinters, but if may be possible that you need to change the values of the sensor depending on what is your printspeed.(instructions written in arduino sketch)

BOM:
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3d printer 608zz bearing 608 bearing anet a6 Anet A8 anet a8 mods anet a8 upgrade arduino Arduino Mega Arduino Nano Arduino Uno Autodesk Fusion 360 filament filament guide filament holder Filament Sensor filament spool holder fusion360 geeetech i3b acryli geeetech i3 pro b

Source

Thingiverse

What you need to print this: Intermediate Low confidence

Single piece Hardware needed

Supports 1/3

Assembly 0/3

Settings 1/3

Bed size 0/3

Post-process 1/3

Printer

FDM / FFF

File format