Small UBBI filament sensor

Works with every type of filament as long as it's approximately 1.75mm in diameter, is low friction and small

BOM:

• Kailh Black GM 8.0 Microswitch or equivalent

• 4mm Ball Bearing (or unpack a 608zz bearing)

• M3x6 BHCS

• small cable tie to prevent cable degradation

Additionnal requirements:

• Soldering equipment

• some cable to connect the switch

• Hardware pullup pin available on the printer mainboard (most filament sensors already use one)

Recommended print settings same as standalone UBBI connector:

• Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm

• Layer height: ≤ 0.2mm

• Reverse on odd: disabled

• Precise walls: enabled

• Wall order: i/o/i

• Tolerance requirement: 0.1mm

• Print orientation: as imported

• Supports: included with the model, enable support generation and change to manual placement, don't add anything

Recommended materials same as standalone UBBI connector:

• PETG

• ABS/ASA

Instructions:

• Place the bearing ball in the small hole next to the filament path

• insert the micro switch and make sur it is aligned with the ball

• solder wires to the outer microswith pins (polarity doesn't matter)

• Use the screw to keep the switch in place, make sure not to tighten it too much 

• If you don't have a sacrificial endstop cable, crimp the wires and attach a JST connector

• Hook up the cables to ground and endstop

Software config (klipper only):

switch_pin: ^!(the pin you are using)

If the sensor is working in reverse (detecting filament when empty) you just have to remove the ! from the pin definition.

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