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Electronics

Electronics

Every board, sensor and probe that goes into a Klipper printer — mainboards, host computers, toolhead boards and Z probes, each entry sourced from manufacturer documentation.

MCUs & mainboards

The board that drives the steppers, heaters and fans. Choose on stepper-slot count, driver mode (UART or SPI), CAN bus support and processor headroom.

  • Stepper slots, driver sockets and UART/SPI jumper requirements
  • CAN bus and USB connectivity for toolhead boards
  • Verified pin assignments feeding the Klipper Configurator

Single-board computers

The host that runs Klipper, Moonraker and the web interface. Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, BTT CB1/CB2 and the boards that take them.

  • RAM, storage and CPU against what Klipper actually needs
  • CM4/CM5 carrier compatibility and pin-header differences
  • Getting-started notes for flashing and first boot

Toolhead boards

A small board at the toolhead that collapses the wiring loom into a CAN or USB run. EBB, Nitehawk, H36, Hartk and the rest.

  • CAN bus, USB, CAN/USB switchable and passive breakout types
  • Form factors: 36mm, 42mm, Stealthburner, V0 and Hermit Crab
  • A picker on the Toolheads page matches boards to assemblies

Probes & bed scanners

How the printer finds Z zero and maps the bed. Eddy-current scanners, nozzle-contact probes, inductive sensors and deployable pins.

  • Which probes home Z themselves and which need a separate endstop
  • Accuracy, probing speed and whether the nozzle has to be hot
  • Config snippets that match the Klipper Configurator output

Addressable LEDs

Neopixel wiring and effects live in the Klipper Configurator, where the LED tab generates the [neopixel] sections and a live preview alongside the rest of your config.