I've had a CubeX for about 9 months because I didn't think I had the skill to build my own and I wanted a huge build volume. I enjoyed more success with the prints than most have, I got lucky from what I read. Since then I've abandoned their material cartridges and their slicing software for standard/much cheaper Printrbot material, etc, and I'm using KISSlicer software and it's a whole lot better. I'd like to start printing reliably with ABS now which of course means I need a heated print bed so...
I bought a MK2 heat bed, a Power Supply, thermistor, 1k resistor, led's, and 12 ga braided pfte wire. My problem is that the only wiring diagrams I've found are for RAMBo boards that run the rest of the printer. What I need is just a stand-alone heated bed, correct? CubeX's don't have the ability to control a heated bed with software/bfb files, and I don't need it to turn on/off automatically (maybe down the road), I just need it to heat up to certain temp. Can that be achieved without the Arduino board, which I have from another project, or is that necessary to control the temp? I've been working on this for a few weeks with little progress and any diagrams, pics, instructions would be awesome.
Thanks for the help
nissin
I bought a MK2 heat bed, a Power Supply, thermistor, 1k resistor, led's, and 12 ga braided pfte wire. My problem is that the only wiring diagrams I've found are for RAMBo boards that run the rest of the printer. What I need is just a stand-alone heated bed, correct? CubeX's don't have the ability to control a heated bed with software/bfb files, and I don't need it to turn on/off automatically (maybe down the road), I just need it to heat up to certain temp. Can that be achieved without the Arduino board, which I have from another project, or is that necessary to control the temp? I've been working on this for a few weeks with little progress and any diagrams, pics, instructions would be awesome.
Thanks for the help
nissin
