Generation 3 Electronics/Tech Zone Remix/How to

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I'm writing as a manual to the "TechZone Electronics Kit"... Please feel free to edit any errors or discrepancies... feel free to add to this page...


This page (as of now) is purposely not linked inside the wiki... (the ground-work needs to be laid-out first and pics need to be uploaded... so here we go...


Befor We Begin... Things You Should Know...

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The USB/TTL Board

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The Main Motherboard

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Connecting The Motherboard to the USB/TTL board to Load Firmware

Making the Connection

Making Your Cables (Insulation Displacement Connectors)

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The Jumper Technique...

This is a solution I came up with for testing and troubleshooting cable problems... As you can see from the pictures below I used reversible jumpers that I pulled from old computer parts.

Jumpers example.JPG Attaching Jumpers.JPG Jumpers mother-board 1.JPG Jumpers mother-board 2.JPG

The Stepper Board

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Making the Connection

Making a 10pin IDC Cable

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Make 2 out of an IDE cable

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Make a breakout to use a Stepper Board to drive your stepper extruder motor... (optional Stepper board needed)

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Making the Connection

The Opto End-stop

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The Extruder Board

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Making the Connection

CD-Rom Audio Cable Technique