LH Stinger filament sensor with ubbi connectors
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updated April 23, 2025

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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.

 

v1 07/04/2025 First release 
v2 08/04/2025Added small hole to help remove the microswitch

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Uses the filament sensor of the pico mmu filament hub with ubbi connectors

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