Hardware Setup

Note

If you bought a Flat Pack and need to assemble your probe, please visit assembly for instructions. The correct orientation of the MCU and Coilboard is vital.

AFC Lite

We observed that some AFC-Lite Boards (Box Turtle controller) can for unknown reason damage your Cartographer. Therefore we don’t recommend running both on the same CAN network as there is a chance of frying your Cartographer.

Running either over USB is fine.

Its possible that your AFC-Lite is not affected and that there are other environmental variables at play.

Mount Cartographer

Note there are two different versions of Cartographer, a USB and a CAN version. These will be clearly defined in the section titles when they differentiate. Please make sure you follow the correct guide for the installation of yours.

Caution

Make sure carto is the range of 2.6 to 3mm to the nozzle

To ensure accuracy, we recommend using the measurement jig developed by Esoterical.

This jig also enables easy viewing of the Y offset; simply print it, mount as illustrated below, and you’ll be able to verify your probe’s Z height in relation to the nozzle.

https://www.printables.com/model/1060868-cartographer-probe-nozzle-offset-tool

Location

Cartographer is designed to use the existing mounts available for similar products on the market. The hole spacing is 31.6mm and it takes M3 bolts.

There should be no metal directly above the Cartographer Coil, this is referred to as the keep out zone. There are three STEP files available on our GitHub (here) that highlight this area.

The probe can be installed in any orientation, you just need to ensure you set the X and Y offset in the config relative to the probes location to the nozzle. The probe also needs to be perfectly flat, if it is at an angle you will get inconsistent results.

Ensure when you are mounting Cartographer that you recess the probe approximately 3 mm from the Nozzles Z height.

Danger

If you use a nozzle brush, ensure that the routing to use that doesn’t have your Cartographer travelling over it. I would HIGHLY advise switching to a silicone brush.

Cable Routing

USB (both RP2040 and STM32 based probes)

Danger

Routing the USB cable correctly is essential, the provided cable is NOT rated for being routed through cable chains, please mount either along your Bowden or Umbilical path.

During installation, try to ensure that the cable will not snag or get caught on anything as this could cause damage to your probe.

It is advisable to plug your USB Cable directly into a USB Port, using a hub may cause performance limitations.

CAN (STM32 based)

Currently we advise that the CAN probe is used with BigTreeTech Toolboards, this is due to their easy addition of a spur.

When install up your CAN probe, please ensure that you add a twist to your white and yellow wires every 24mm.

Danger

NOTE - Cartographer3D Operates at 5v, and requires a 5v input. 24v will not work and will damage your probe beyond repair.

CAN Termination

Position of 120 Ohm Resistor