Our best-selling 3D printer controller, now available with Pololu Black Edition high-power stepper drivers at a new low price!

The Sanguinololu is a complete electronics solution for driving your RepRap 3D printer, whatever the type - Prusa, MendelMax, Huxley, Mendel90, Repstrap, etc. These boards are version 1.3a, the latest version with support for the latest and most feature-rich firmware - Marlin. Marlin's extra features include the use of an LCD+card-reader+click-encoder combination for true stand-alone printing (as described on our blog and available here). The display+encoder combination also allows real-time alteration and saving of firmware settings - a significant advance in usability. To access these features with the Sanguinololu requires the ATmega 1284 chip because of the extra memory required.

Our boards are professionally assembled and fully tested, and we have sold hundreds of them on eMakershop, eBay and directly in bulk to major suppliers of complete RepRap kits. We fit genuine Pololu A4988 Black Edition stepper drivers, not stepstick clones, and supply heatsinks and thermal tape for them.

For more information check out the RepRap wiki: Sanguinololu

Please note that our boards include not only the Sanguinololu but also all the female connector housings and crimp terminals, a heatsink for the heatbed MOSFET, and 3 endstops with cables - total extra value over £3.50. If you buy a board with Pololus, then we also include heatsinks for these, and thermal tape to fit them, at no extra cost.

This listing is for a 100% complete assembled solution, Sanguinololu with genuine Black Edition high-power A4988 Pololu drivers, professionally assembled, tested and guaranteed working on depatch.

The ATMEGA 1284P microprocessor comes pre-loaded with the bootloader and a standard Prusa Mendel configuration of the latest Marlin firmware, and is tested for correct operation. You can download Marlin from Github and customise it to your exact requirements using the freely available Arduino software. On request we will supply a brief HOWTO outlining the firmware upload procedure. Prusa has a good calculator for different hardware configurations here. These settings are easily changed to suit your printer configuration.
 

Power Connection Options

The 12V connection to the board needs to be able to carry sufficient current to run 5 motors, the hotend and a heated bed, if you choose to run one through the electronics. You can choose either to use the 4 pin ATX connector from a computer power supply or a screw terminal connection. The ATX connector is simpler if you plan to use one of these power supplies for your printer. The screw terminal is more versatile if you are not yet sure what you will use as a power supply. There is no cost difference between these two options.

IMPORTANT NOTE: WHEN PURCHASING, PLEASE ADVISE US WHICH POWER CONNECTION TYPE YOU REQUIRE, ATX OR SCREW TERMINAL. YOU CAN SEND A NOTE WITH YOUR PAYPAL PAYMENT OR EMAIL US AT THINK3DPRINT3D@GMAIL.COM.

ATX power terminal and Screw power terminal options

Assembled boards include:

• Assembled Sanguinololu with your choice of ATX or screw terminal power option
• Boards loaded with bootloader and Marlin firmware.
• Fully tested using all the components of an assembled printer (Motors, hotend, heated bed, thermistors, endstops).
• 3 mechanical endstop switches and cables for these.
• Molex crimp connectors and housings for all connectors (X,Y,Z, Extruder, 3 endstops, 2 thermistors, hotend, heated bed)
• Heatsink for heatbed MOSFET. This is supplied unfitted as it makes the package too tall.
• Pololu Black Edition drivers with the trim-pots pre-set for optimal settings for standard NEMA17 motors. Heatsinks are supplied, but are not mounted because they tend to get knocked off during unpacking.

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Shipping

eMakershop will combine postage on multiple purchases automatically.

If we receive your order before 10:00 noon UK time Monday to Friday we aim to post the same day, otherwise the following day. Orders received later on a Friday or before 08:00 am UK time on Saturday will normally be posted on Saturday.

IMPORTANT NOTES

UK postage is by Royal Mail First Class Recorded. For postage outside the UK, we use a fully-tracked Royal Mail Airmail service where available - either AirSure or International Signed For. Fully tracked services are available to the following countries:

European Union
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden

Non European Union Zones
Andorra, Azores, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Corsica, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Madeira, Monaco and Switzerland

Rest of the World
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand and USA

Where a fully-tracked service is not available, then we will use International Signed For (partly-tracked). If a fully tracked service is not available to your country and you want your parcel to be fully tracked, please enquire before buying. (Please write to us at think3dprint3d@gmail.com)

We have unfortunately had to exclude some European countries from this listing because of a large number of items going missing in their postal systems. If you are in one of the excluded countries and want to buy from us we will be happy to quote you for shipping by courier services. (Please write to us at think3dprint3d@gmail.com)

EXCLUSIONS

EUROPE: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine

AFRICA: All of Africa except South Africa

Getting Started

This is a summary of the steps required to get up and running:

• Visit the reprap wiki, Sanguinololu page to  check out the wiring diagram.
• Use the crimp connectors and housings to wire up your motors, hotend, heated bed, thermistors and endstops. There is an excellent video by Nophead on how to use the crimp connectors.
• Install your host software. We recommend Printrun / Pronterface, but it will work fine with the other host software options; RepRap host, RepSnapper, ReplicatorG etc.
• The firmware is configured for a standard Prusa Mendel. If you have a different setup then you will need to modify it as appropriate. On request we provide a summary HOWTO to help you with the firmware upload process. Please email us at think3dprint3d@gmail.com if you would like a copy.
• Connect to your printer using a standard USB A-B cable. If you are using Windows XP then you will need to load the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website. You should use 115200 baud initially as that is the speed we have set Marlin to. Check that you get communication with the printer - the command M105 will return the current temperatures being read from the thermistors.
• Turn on your 12V power supply, try and move the X, Y, Z and extruder axis using your host software. Ensure your hotend and heated bed heats up, ensure the endstops work and stop the axis when triggered. If endstops are not fitted or incorrectly wired then the motors will not reverse.
• Note that if you use the Sanguinololu to run a heated bed directly it will draw approx 10A through the heated bed mosfet. A heatsink is strongly recommended and your power supply needs to be at least 300W.

Please write to us at think3dprint3d@gmail.com if you have any queries

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