Filament Sensor

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Hi All

This is beyond my pay-grade and understanding. Tripped over this add-on https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2480901 for another make of printer that houses a Filament sensor. I have no clue as to how it works however I like the functionality and idea of having a sensor that detects if you run out of filament or if the filament breaks and obviously is not feeding,

What do others think about this type of smarts in a future Snapmaker?

have a great week

Doug

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It just has a simple micro switch that gets triggered when the filament is no longer going through it.
I too have noticed that some 3D printers have that feature. I also believe the OctoPi can trigger user defined actions once the sensor is triggered. A nice feature.

I suggest that the SnapMaker team add that in future revisions.

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