Rostock Max v3 only Duet upgrade?

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Rostock Max v3 only Duet upgrade?

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Hello everyone!

After two years of my RMax v3 being in storage I saw the duet 2 wifi boards are really cheap now.
I was wondering, is it possible to only upgrade the board while mantaining everything else? I want to take advantage of the higher processing power the Duet 2 offers compared to Rambo.

I'm looking forward to give new life to this machine now that I'm moving to a new place with a small room separated from the house where the machines can work without disturbing my sleep.
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Having the Duet without either the SE300 or the Duet Smart Effector won't help you much. The huge benefit of the Duet is the auto-calibration that comes along with the strain gauge sensor that the SE300 and Duet Smart Effector use - it makes the nozzle tip a Z probe.

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I got the duet board and smart effector upgrade on my old V2. After some tweaking to get the settings dialed in, it prints better than ever.
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Which one is the smart effector? I've got the stock RMax v3 extruder with the accelerometer probe. Should I buy a complete SE300 or could it be done cheaper?
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I don't know which one of the SeeMeCNC boards does the trick, but I got mine from duet directly...I dont think SeeMeCNC had theirs yet at the time.
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Apologies for the late response. Traveling. :)

If you want to supply your own hot end, like an E3D v6, you'll want the Smart Effector. If you want a plug & play solution, you should get an SE300 from SeeMeCNC - it's got the same strain gauge circuit as the Smart Effector, but also includes the hot end and layer cooling fans in one module. You can get a pre-built wiring harness for it as well.

If you're going the Smart Effector route, make sure you've got any 3D printed parts needed BEFORE you start your build. ;)

Good luck!

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