Summary of Contents for Velleman-Kit K8403
- Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com K8403 USER MANUAL RGB LED ADD-ON FOR K8400 - VERTEX 3D PRINTER W W W . V E L L E M A N P R O J E C T S . E U...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Table of contents What’s in the box What’s on the PCB PCB assembly Attaching the LED strips Installing the firmware Using the LEDs G-code control LED’s get started! -
Page 3: What's In The Box
3x 2V7 1.3 W zener diodes 3x BUK9535-55 logic level FETs 2x 2 pole screw terminals 2x 6P female headers (14.5 mm pins) 2x 6P female headers (5 mm pins) for connection on the motherboard fig. 2 USER MANUAL K8403... -
Page 4: Pcb Assembly
ZD1, ZD2, ZD3: 2V7 - 1.3 W Mind the polarity marks! fig.4 Solder the logic level FETs: T1, T2, T3: BUK9535-55 fig. 5 Solder the screw terminals: SK2, SK3: screw terminal, 2 pole, 2.54 mm pitch fig.6 USER MANUAL K8403... - Page 5 2x 6P female headers (5 mm pins) fig. 9 Mount your assembled PCB on top of the motherboard by plugging the 14.5 mm pins of the K8403 PCB into the two 6P female headers (5 mm pins) on the motherboard. fig. 10...
- Page 6 12 Take the 4 shrink tubes. fig. 13 Slide the 4 shrink tubes over the end of the longest white cable as shown in the picture. fig. 14 USER MANUAL K8403...
- Page 7 Slide the shrink tubes over the solder- ing and heat them with a hairdryer or heatgun to make them shrink. fig. 16 Connect the LED strips with the 4 white cables, as shown in the picture. fig. 17 USER MANUAL K8403...
- Page 8 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com fig. 18 Attach the strips underneath the top of the 3D printer as shown in the pictures. fig. 19 USER MANUAL K8403...
- Page 9 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com fig. 20 Route the long cable down to the motherboard. Connect the leads in the terminals. fig. 21 Mind the polarity marks! fig. 22 USER MANUAL K8403...
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Page 10: Installing The Firmware
Download the firmware you need here: www.vertex3dprinter.eu And follow instructions in following link: http://manuals.velleman.eu/article.php?id=31#CHANGINGUPLOADINGTHEFIRMWARE Using the LEDs To control the LEDs go to the ‘menu’, ‘control printer’ and then ‘set LED color’. fig. 23 fig. 24 fig. 25 USER MANUAL K8403... - Page 11 ; Wait for all used extruders to reach temperature {IF_EXT0}M109 T0 S{TEMP0} {IF_EXT1}M109 T1 S{TEMP1} {IF_EXT0}T0 {IF_EXT1}T1 M420 R0 E1; Set the LEDs to green G1 E10 F100 G92 E0 ; Reset extruder position M117 Vertex is printing G1 F1000 Z5 USER MANUAL K8403...
- Page 12 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Example sending code with Repetier: USER MANUAL K8403...
- Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com /Velleman-nv @Velleman_RnD ORDERCODE: K8403 REVISION: HK8403’1 Velleman nv, Legen Heirweg 33 - Gavere (Belgium) Vellemanprojects.com...