Any other consumer 3D printer on the market would simply ... Though it did delete one: the MK3S removed the optical encoder sensor used in the MK3, and with it the ability to sense filament ...

This post is about repurposing a commonly available inexpensive optical 3D printer filament sensor/detector ... This is why nowadays we can also see more advanced filament sensors made with rotary ...

[Long Haired Hacker] has undertaken a high-resolution 3D printer build. He got his hands on some motors to drive the build platform but it doesn’t have a built-in encoder. He knows that optical ...