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Installing servo encoder to Motors
Last Updated: November 20, 2025Install the motor 2. Put the gasket on the screw holes. The default size of the gasket is 3×7×2 mm. 3. Fix the PCBA board 4. Screw the screws (The length of the screws is 40mm.) 5. Plug in the 4-pin motor cable. 6. The motor has been installed, as shown below. After installing the...
How to check for electrical connectivity issues in 3D printers.
Last Updated: November 20, 2025How to Test for Continuity with a Digital Multimeter Basic idea of using an ammeter. Continuity testing overview Fracktal printers have custom-made PCBs and use FFC instead of normal wires to reduce the mess by having too many wires. To check connectivity issues, you need to use a multimeter. Note: Certain components follow a closed-loop...
How to load code to Seeeduino Xiao (Snowflake bed levelling code loading)
Last Updated: November 20, 2025Knowing how to upload code on Seeduino Xiao is necessary as it is used to upload Bed levelling code to the Snowflake board. Hardware¶ Materials required Tip Some USB cables can only supply power and cannot transfer data. If you don’t have a USB-C cable or don’t know if your USB cable can transmit data,...
Hotend electrical diagnosis.
Last Updated: November 20, 2025This guide will help you in diagnosing the issues which are related to the Hotend and carriage components. Tools required- 3mm Allen Key 1. Hotend: Hotend consists of 2 major components Heater Cartridge Thermistor a. Thermistor- The Thermistor is the temperature-sensing device of the Hotend. The input from the thermistor is used...
Motor Driver error due to faulty jumper.
Last Updated: November 20, 2025We often overlook extremely simple things, and they will end up being the root cause of the issue. A faulty jumper pin is one such issue. Whenever there is a motor issue, there can be 4 reasons which are faulty motor, a faulty driver, a faulty MKS, or connectivity issues. But even a faulty jumper...
Julia pro touch UI- Not connecting to MKS
Last Updated: November 20, 2025Issue: On starting the machine the the Pi does not connect to MKS and shows an offline error. To connect need to open the Octoprint terminal and disconnect, and reconnect to the Pi to establish a connection with MKS. Cause: Octoprint issue. The updated code snippet will solve the issue. Solution: Previous code snippet. for...
Always on cooling fan not working.
Last Updated: November 20, 2025Tools required: Always on cooling fan. The cooling fan is meant to start as soon as the machine is turned on. If the fan does not start, it indicates that there is an issue. There can be 2 possible reasons if the fan is not working. 1. Fan is spoilt. 2. The fan is not...
How to load code to Arduino (usually bed levelling code in Fracktal)
Last Updated: November 20, 2025The bed levelling in all Fracktal machines works on Arduino nano (except snowflake) as of 17/8/2022. So knowing how to load code into Arduino is a necessity. To do the following task, you need: 1. Arduino Nano. 2. Computer with Arduino IDE support (This guide is made on a Windows system) 3. USB type A(male) ...
How to pull Github code
Last Updated: November 20, 2025Please refer to this official documentation to learn to use basic functionalities of GitHub https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/hello-world