LED Lights in Enclosure not using RPI or xBuddy
Hi there. First of all, a general thanks to all the participants in the Prusa forums and the folks at Prusa for making the 3D printing experience once of the most consistently friendly and helpful across most technologies these days!
I'm hoping it's okay to post a scenario here in hopes of folks knowing of or having used certain prints to solve for similar. Please let me know if that's not good style for this forum 🙂
I'm using: Original Prusa Enclosure, Prusa Original MK4, and a Raspberry Pi 4B. My goal is to integrate LED lights inside the enclosure and use an ESp32 or ESP8266 board to drive them. I used this low-profile LED mount and the lights and wires fit just fine. I currently have the control and power wires for the LED strips just exiting the back of the enclosure with the rest of the power supply bundle and am not sure where to take them from there. I could print one of the available ESp32 enclosures and velcro or stick it to the back of the enclosure out of the way, but I was hoping someone knew of a way to take advantage of the super modular mounting design of the Enclosure and maybe point out a mount that I'm missing. BTW, my goal is to use WLED to control the LED lights based on what I hope will be teaching myself how to acquire and act on Gcodes 🙂
I'm also struggling with what I want to do about power. The ESP32 and LED strip both need 5v and I could take from the MK4 power supply with a buck converter, but I'd almost like to just mount a separate purpose-built power supply and use it to drive the ESP32 and LED strip. So I think my primary requests are for any tips towards how to mount a housing for a PCB and/or an external 5v/12V power supply to the enclosure. Thoughts?
I also love this forum because it inspires me to do so many different things with the Enclosure - it's such a great way to stir creative thinking. I do note many people continuing to use the spool holder that fits in the top corner on the inside of the Enclosure but I ended up going withthis top-secured filament holder because after a full hour I could not get the screws and nuts to hold with the stock holder 🙁
Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions!
RE: LED Lights in Enclosure not using RPI or xBuddy
Power esp with a usb phone charger easy and it works
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RE: LED Lights in Enclosure not using RPI or xBuddy
But depending on the number of LEDs don't draw the power for them over the ESP pins, this could damage the ESP. Draw the power for the LEDs directly from the PSU/charger. It is also recommended to use a buffer capacitor on the PSU/charger.
RE: LED Lights in Enclosure not using RPI or xBuddy
I've got especially powered with 5v phonecharger with 8 5v led strips and doing other workloads and its fine especially are very strong and good
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RE: LED Lights in Enclosure not using RPI or xBuddy
Appreciate the quick replies! I should have probably made my original post most clear (and it just dawned on me also posted to Printables! :)). What I'm really after are any suggestions for how/where to mount the ESP and/or a power supply onto the Original Prusa Enclosure, preferably on the outside. I was wondering if anyone had done either and has any pics or links to mounts they've used. Definitely appreciate the call-out on using a more generic power supply like USB or draw from the MK4 supply perhaps vs. a separate power supply. Thanks again!
RE: LED Lights in Enclosure not using RPI or xBuddy
Oh I'm so sorry could you post pics of your printer at the moment
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RE: LED Lights in Enclosure not using RPI or xBuddy
Not yet, as I just did initial assembly on my enclosure yesterday, and my MK4 arrives today. I plan to add some RGBW LED strips to it, and run them off an Adafruit Feather. I'm also planning on adding a temp sensor on the Feather and using that to control a fan to control enclosure temps. I'm also hopeful I can use the Feather to pause the print immediately after starting and automatically resume when the enclosure reaches the desired temp.
If I remember I'll check back here with the solution I come up with for mounting my Feather. If I can't find anything, I'll design a mount myself.
P.S. 100% happy I splurged for a Prusa enclosure now. I considered other ones, but putting this together last night was so satisfying. I've put together lots of cheap sheet metal objects and they NEVER line up. It was such a dream putting together the Prusa enclosure, having it line up, no odd gaps or things sticking out or conflicting. Such a quality design. Totally worth the money.
RE: LED Lights in Enclosure not using RPI or xBuddy
Have a look into esp3d could that help stop the print just an idea
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