Ender 5, firmware 4.2.7 silent board

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    I installed a CRTouch on my Ender 5 Pro, and I didn't want to mess around with swapping wires, so I just compiled Marlin with CRTouch/BLTouch support. Although, I'm a software developer by profession, so there wasn't anything too foreign to me about setting this all up. The biggest advantage of compiling it yourself is you get all the latest features and bug fixes, and you can mess with some of the more interesting features like S_CURVE_ACCELERATION. The disadvantages are that you have to go through the effort of building it, you also get all the latest bugs, and you may have to bang your head against a wall a few times when things don't work. :P

  • Configurations

    Configurations for Marlin Firmware

    If you want a detailed step-by-step guide, check out this guide from Marlin or this guide from 3DPrintScape. I used the "bugfix-2.1.x" branch, and I started with the config file from exampe for the Ender 5 Pro from https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Configurations/archive/bugfix-2.1.x.zip. I uncommented ENDER5_USE_BLTOUCH, and I also had to comment out Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN (because I have the 4.2.2 board with the 5-pin header - if you have a CRTouch or BLTouch on an older board, you have to plug two wires ihnto the z-endstop switch). I changed DEFAULT_AXIS_STEPS_PER_UNIT and NOZZLE_TO_PROBE_OFFSET to my calibrated values so if my EEPROM accidentally gets reset I'll still have something correct. In platformio.ini you also need to set default_envs = STM32F103RE_creality or STM32F401RC_creality depending on which CPU is on your mainboard.

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