VoronUsers/printer_mods/jgehrig/v0_lcdskirt
John Gehrig 59c3ede646
Voron V0 LCD Touchscreen Skirt (#323)
An extended 40mm skirt + touchscreen for the Voron V0.

Adds a 3.2" Adafruit PiTFT Plus resistive touchscreen, mounted to the
front skirt area. Faces up at a ~30 degree angle.

Optional laser-cut bottom electronics panel. This panel could also be 3D
printed on larger printers with a ~230mm x ~230 mm bed area.
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README.md

Voron 0 LCD Touchscreen Skirt

V0 3D Printer with LCD Mount

A large LCD touchscreen for OctoScreen or OctoDash.

Bill of Materials

All required parts are listed below. Supplier examples are provided for convenience.

Non-Printed Parts

Additional Non-Stock Parts:

Qty Description Supplier Links
1 Adafruit PiTFT Plus 3.2 Touchscreen Adafruit
1 M2.5 x 3.0 mm Heat Set Inserts Alliexpress, McMaster Carr
1 M3 x 50 mm SHCS Alliexpress, Bolt Depot
4 M2.5 x 10 mm BHCS Alliexpress
1 40-pin IDE Extension Cable Amazon

Repurposed Stock Parts:

Qty Description Supplier Links
12 M3 x 8 mm BHCS Alliexpress, Bolt Depot
12 M3 Makerbeam 1515 T Slot Nuts Alliexpress, Amazon
4 Rubber Feet (14 x 11 x 9) Alliexpress

3D Printed Parts

Qty Description STL Slicer Image
2 Skirt Side A Skirt Side A
2 Skirt Side B Skirt Side B
1 Skirt Front Left Skirt Front Left
1 Skirt Front Right Skirt Front Right
1 LCD Mounting Bracket LCD Mounting Bracket
1 LCD Face Plate LCD Face Plate
2 Foot Front Foot Front
2 Foot Rear Foot Rear

All 3D Parts can be printed without support material: ABS, 0.4 mm nozzle, and 0.2mm layers.

Assembly Instructions

  1. Install 4 M2.5 heat set inserts into LCD Mounting Bracket
  2. Remove the stock V0 skirt and feet.
  3. Install extended feet with 50mm M3 SHCS.
  4. Install all Side Skirt A/B parts using the stock mounting T-nuts and M3 x 8 screws.
  5. Install the LCD Mounting Bracket using the middle two T-nuts on the front extrusion.
  6. Install Front Skirt Left/Right using the remaining two T-nuts on each side of the LCD.
  7. Connect the 40-pin ribbon cable to the Adafruit PiTFT Plus.
  8. Place the Adafruit PiTFT Plus into the LCD Face Plate.
  9. Route the ribbon cable through LCD Mounting Bracket to Raspberry Pi.
  10. Secure LCD Face Plate with four M2.5 x 10 screws.

Software Configuration

Follow the Adafruit LCD Installation Instructions.

The 3.2" LCD is pin-equivalent to the 2.8" LCD. You can safely follow the same instructions.

The recommended installation type is fbcp, framebuffer copy:

sudo python3 adafruit-pitft.py --display=28r --rotation=90 --install-type=fbcp

The fbcp option causes the X11 output to be mirrored on the PiTFT display.

CAD Design Files

Fusion 360 Web View

V0 3D Printer with LCD Mount

V0 3D Printer with LCD Mount

V0 3D Printer with LCD Mount