Pi Zero W + 16gb SD WiFi OctoPi OctoPrint Prusa MK3 MK3S Upgrade Plug-and-play

Description

Up for sale is a kit with all the parts needed to add OctoPrint wireless upload and monitoring to your Prusa 3D Printer, fully prepared for plug-and-play installation.
Purchase Includes:
Pi Zero W
Pre-soldered interface pins
16GB MicroSD Card
OctoPi pre-flashed & pre-configured
3D Printed support frame and cover
2D Printed installation guide
Prusa MK3S Quick Reference
LA 3D Printer Repair Sticker
I include these details to inform and educate, you won’t find any copy/paste specs here; if you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
Even those that are aware the Prusa MK3S natively supports an onboard Pi Zero to enable wireless printing and monitoring may not have the skills or tools necessary to pull it off, and the rest wanting these features find it unnecessarily arduous to accumulate the bits to get it off the ground, and either ignore this functionality completely or fall back to using a “bigger Pi”, resulting in an unnecessary cabling snarl.
Our goal is to close the gap and for the first time offer a truly “off the shelf” plug-and-play solution to add the integrated, natively supported, convenient functionality of a Pi Zero W with “zero” effort.
Why wouldn’t I just do this on my own?
By all means, do! We aren’t trying to steal your fun! But here are the potholes we’re trying to keep you from falling into, listed below from shallow to deep:
Pi Zero W’s are supposed to be only , except they aren’t.
Even if/when you manage to get one cheap, it won’t include a MicroSD card.
You’ll need to download the OctoPi distribution from the OctoPrint website.
You’ll need to flash the OctoPi system onto the SD card, a different procedure for every OS.
You’ll need to follow technical instructions to edit various configuration files.
You’ll need a soldering iron.
You’ll need to be comfortable soldering.
You’ll need non-standard length pins, only six, but they come in qty 40-100.
You’ll need to maintain alignment of two separate rows of inline pins while soldering.
You’ll need to follow more even more instructions post-setup to enable the communications interface.
Can’t I just use a “regular” Raspberry Pi?
Absolutely! For that matter you could use a laptop or a full desktop PC, and you’d have the same extraneous clutter:
Power adapter (not included!)
USB interface cable to Printer
Another open power outlet for AC adapter
A “brick on a leash” between printer and outlet
With a Pi Zero W the
entire
system is completely integrated into the printer itself,
zero
cables,
zero
clutter.
But what about webcams and cameras?
It is true an installed Pi Zero W doesn’t accommodate USB webcams or the Pi Camera (easily anyway), but you may not be aware that OctoPi natively supports generic IP cameras, and having the camera not tied to the printer has distinct advantages:
Share one camera between multiple printers
You maintain camera access if the pi fails for any reason.
Ok, I’ll bite; what am I buying?
A Raspberry Pi Zero, setup for plug-and-play integration with the Prusa MK3 3D Printer to enable wireless g-code upload, remote control, monitoring, and logging of your printer.
Steps to install:
Upgrade to latest Prusa firmware before Pi installation.
Turn off and unplug printer power.
Add WiFi credentials to SD card if not supplied upon purchase.
Insert MicroSD card into Pi Zero.
Trim access panel from electronics enclosure.
Connect Pi Zero to Printer.
Install Pi Zero cover.
Connect power, wait for Pi/Printer to boot.
Finish OctoPi config in browser, setup password.
Enable RasPi port in Prusa settings.
Optionally, setup PrusaSlicer for wireless upload.
Thank you for reading and, and if you’re fed up with your printer, we’re here to help.
We specialize in Prusa and MMU2S tuneups: nobody outside of Prusa has even seen with their own eyes as many Prusa units as we have personally assembled/commissioned, calibrated, upgraded or repaired, period.
LA 3D Printer Repair is the only, dedicated, full-time 3D Printer Repair business on the west coast - we enable and empower the operators that trust us for advice and service.
Don’t get frustrated, give us a call.