Beacon

$79.99

Eddy current displacement sensor for homing and surface scanning in 3D printers.

Works exclusively with Klipper.

WARNING: Requires a conductive surface or substrate on printer bed to work. Bed stacks that include oversized fixed magnets are not recommended and may not work with Beacon.

Backordered: Estimated Shipment 2nd week of November 2023

Eddy current surface scanner for 3D printers:

  • Native displacement output – no z motion necessary for sensing
  • Scan mode mesh – dense grid sampling in a matter of seconds
  • Low thermal drift – minimized by design, active compensation for everything else

Printer Compatibility:

  • Firmware: Klipper
  • Connection: USB to Single Board Computer
  • Bed: Conductive surface or substrate, 400um or thicker. Bare steel, WHAM BAM, PEI coated or laminated steel, etc. Use with beds employing large or oversized fixed magnets is not recommended.

Includes:

  • 1x Custom USB cable (6ft)
  • 1x Beacon board (main PCB, sensing PCB, headers, cable connector)

Variations – this is important for mounting Beacon to your tool head appropriately:

  • Normal: main PCB and sensing PCB are assembled flat
  • Low Profile: main PCB and sensing PCB are assembled flat (as well as the cable connector)
  • Right Angle: main PCB and sensing PCB are assembled at 90 degrees to each other
  • Unassembled: all the parts come unassembled (instructions)

Warranty:

  • 60-day standard warranty
Weight 0.0035 kg
Dimensions 3 × 3 × 1 cm
Variation

Normal, Low Profile, Right Angle, Unassembled

Bandwith

1kHz

Resolution

0.5 um

Temperature

120C sensor, 110C amplifier

Weight

3.5 grams

Firmware

Klipper

Bed material

Conductive surface or substrate, 400um or thicker
Bare steel, WHAM BAM, PEI coated or laminated steel, etc.

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