I'm waiting for mine to arrive, should be here next week. I love the fact that you do not have to run a buck converter just to use this. The Raspberry Foundation is really screwing up not having any Pi's available...this "shortage" has been going on forever and doesn't seem to be affecting other companies the same way. I'm waiting for the MKS Pi and a Manta board.
They are uniquely sensitive to the situation because they are were using Broadcom's slack fab capacity to keep the prices down - it was actually a pretty good idea, since if you have an arrangement to make stuff only when the capacity would otherwise be idle you get very good prices. When it screws up is at times like these where there is no slack capacity and the fabs are running flat out to produce full-price parts. Normally you could buy wafer starts in the secondary market (I.E someone booked too much fab capacity and doesn't have the production requirements to use it), but given how backed up everything is right now that's currently more expensive than booking the capacity directly. They are also pretty much vendor-locked because the whole thing was based on the founders' personal relationship with Broadcom.
I've got both this and a Libre Renegade cranking on Octoprint/Octodash and still running Marlin on my machine. This pi can run XFCE4 desktop and do pretty much anything a Raspberry Pi can do without the exorbitant cost of the current market.
Hi Just asking! I have a pallette 2s and to run it i need a wifi sub with octoprint and then instal the pallette software. Only to make a good connection to my ender 3. Do you think this board can handle that 🤔
Great video man I was wondering if this board was able to run klipper on and you just made my life a bit easier thanks for going into a little more detail than alot of these other videos on TH-cam appreciate the help man
I just brought a Raspberry Pi4b and cant get the pesky thing to show the desk top yet alone install klipper on it. As ive just binned everything from BTT and installed MKS i need one of these. I need a control module to put in the Pad7 as that hasnt worked either, It may have the bells and whistles but its no good if it wont update the Klipper part of it. Replacing the BTT CB1 CM is a must for me. When are you bringing the CMPi out ??? Please please please say your bringing one out soon.
Hey mate great video, I have one just wondering have you had any issues of these boards kind of going into like a standby mode it seems like it disables wifi adapter when hasn't been run in a day or two and taking power out and back on it just doesn't boot back up I have to keep re-flashing the firmware to sd card hard to tell what it is doing as I don't have screen with it just interface in browser
Hi thanks you for your great work 👍 I encounter a problem when flashing klipper in the MKS-PI with an internal error : bad marshal error tuple out of range… any idea ? I’ve tried a couple time :/ thank everyone
any luck? I have been running into the same issue and am unable to get it working. I have tried multiple times over the past few days and I'm fixing to give up. I had the device mostly setup but it would not work due to this error, now I cant even get it to connect to the WIFI
So your telling me that if I build a VZBOT or voron and substitute the pi for this board I can still get klipper running....if this is true why does everyone still want a raspberry pi? One question ❓ though if you run the MKS Pi board can you run a big tree tech 🎄 tft 7inch touch screen for your klipper interface? Cuz I just got a tft 7inch and it has those Lil raspberry pi connection so thats why I was wondering if it could be connected cuz the MKS Pi board has pretty much all the same connections as the raspberry pi... Anybody know if would work on a voron with a 7inch TFT screen
Thank you for this Pi alternative, one of my RPi's just died, green act light won't come on and can't connect to the pi, it isn't the SD card as the card works just fine in another pi. Picked this up, board plus wifi dongle and screen for $75 Canadian which is $125+ less than just a RPi board on Amazon.
@@TheFeralEngineer Haven't played with it much, the extruder motor on the printer I was to be using the MKS Pi on broke a couple of wires and I had to order another motor from AliExpress but the limited time I did use the screen on the MKS Pi left me unimpressed, maybe it's the refresh rate I'm not sure but the touch response seems abysmally slow. I was wondering if it was because I was only running the board on 12v instead of 24v, mine came with no documentation and I've yet to look into what, if any, advantage there is running one or the other voltage.
@@DarrenGerbrandt I'm running it on 24v, but the screen is still terrible. The mks pi is very good when connected to a capacitive touch screen with HDMI and USB. 🙂
I have an mks pi I have been trying to set up for a week and will literally pay you to help me. Like no joke please lol. I have gotten absolutely everything set up and working but I keep having issues with the Wi-Fi. It works flawlessly on the initial boot and install then barely works after I reboot. It will connect for a few seconds then I lose connection, sometimes just not connecting at all. I have to reflash the os to make it connect over wifi reliably(still breaks when I reboot), yet eithernet works fine, I have no idea how to fix it. I have tried everything, it works perfectly if I put it on Ethernet, but I can not do that with it installed in my printer as I have no access. I have the same comfast wu-810m adapter, did you have this issue or know how to fix it? I don’t know enough code to figure it out myself, but will happily pay someone for their experience to help.
Hello, it only worked for a short time, a few weeks. Klipper updates are no longer done and crashes the system. Today on the Makerbase drive I saw a new image appear, without any installation explanation, it's worse than the previous one, nothing works, not even a start... In short, the MksPi will end up at the bottom from a drawer, too disappointing from a builder who once was one of the best ^^
Any tips on what I can use as a 12v power source for the MKS pi? Do I need a separate source or is is possible to power it from the printer PSU or board?
Am I expected to crimp my own connector and feed it from a generic power supply/my printers supply? I am having a hard time finding a comercially available power supply with that connector.
Yes. As far as I know, if it's getting 12 or 24 volts it should be good. Doesn't matter the source of that power. Could run off of your printer PSU, a USB cable w/ a boost module, a dedicated DC power supply, whatever you want. You can find pigtails for the connector or kits with pre-crimped wires if you don't want to crimp your own. The connector is JST-XH 2.54 the same as most 3d printer fans.
I 'am confused. I want to use klipper. I have an original ender 3. Do I need to upgrade the board or can I just use the original board and just add klipper using those MAKERBASE MKS Pi Board ? If I should upgrade the board on my ender 3, what board should I get ?
I installed mine yesterday, but got some issues. It is getting really hot, especially when running a webcam. Has anyone else the same issue? Does it need active cooling?
I'm just testing mine and feel it gets warm. I may make a new case with a fan in there as it seems prone to heat up. note I haven't got it to even take the software. I'll probably stretch the case for a fan or make a fan holder section between the top and bottom..
You have an error of (fluidd gcode_macro cancel_print) have you not fixed it will not work :) The installation is not finished. TY (Easy access to the klipper.bin file? After running the MAKE command run cp out/klipper.bin ../klipper_config/firmware.bin)
It will not run "Raspbian", it runs its own kernel (it's a different chip altogether), it should run all the other stuff just fine, it is just Linux...The MKS kernel and packages set up is geared towards Klipper pretty much exclusively, but it should still run other stuff fine. If you have something that needs Raspbian exclusively, you're going to have a rough time and having only 1GB RAM is exclusive across the board line, you don't actually need much to run Klipper, the processor is the important part. It's not really meant as a "Pi" replacement option, it's a different way to run Klipper without a Pi.
The OrangePis are widely available for a good price and run Armbian. OrangePi Zero 2 seems to be the best price-performance model atm. Cortex-A7 quad core, 1GB RAM for less than 40€.
@@elmariachi5133 there are a lot of alternatives out there, unless you "need" the Pi's form factor...then the choices start dwindling away very quickly. A lot of those run Raspbian available from Raspberry. Given the extreme shortage of the Pi (it's been a year+ now) I would have already started my journey for an alternative. Why is the Raspberry Pi seemingly the only ones affected by this "shortage"? The only ones making out are the scalpers charging over $200 for a Pi 4... with 2gigs of RAM and the idiots willing to pay it.
@@david78212 the OrangePi is the cheapest, and it's working very reliable thanks to the great work of the Armbian team, that's why I like it. Sadly it's no plugin replacement for the RasPi. I read the reason for the RasPi being so expensive is that due to the shortage they are reserving all the SBCs for enterprises, because they have long year obligations with these. Because of this only very few remain for the low scale market. On the one hand this is economically understandable, but on the other hand I feel like this is kind of an ass move against the maker community which they owe their success. This is one reason why I like to recommend the OrangePi instead.
Boa tarde.. antes de mais parabens pelo canal e pelo excelente conteudo. Comprei recentemente a mks pi tenho uma btt skr mini e3 v2 efectuei a instalacao conforme o video, mas infelizmente sem sucesso. Sera que me pode ajudar? Cumprimentos
Did you ever get an answer on this? I'm trying to figure my kit out, which also came with that module. I haven't found anything on what this module is for.
@@paulfitzgerald4933 My SD cards keeps dying, so I experimented, at the end I used eMMC to SD adapter and install the firmware as it is normal SD card, and then find out that if just move it to the eMMC slot on the bord will work just as well. for now i use it this way without a problem, boots much faster
Do not use the wifi adapter from Comfast model CF-WU810N. It has known issues of slow/intermittent dropping and literally not working at all. Buy a good wifi dongle that is for Linux. Trust me, I learned after 2 different dongles
short answer is klipper is firmware for the printer. The slightly longer answer is klipper basically offloads all the work the printer's mainboard would do. Once you have the firmware installed on the printer the web interface allows you to make config changes without having to recompile marlin and reflashing the board on the printer.
If you want to isntall back Marlin firmware, just compile it or get the already compiled .bin or .hex file and flash the printer with it. If you are not sure how to compile and/or flash the firmware, you can check our channel for the video with the instructions.
It's 10 bucks more expensive than the BTT Pi, which comes with both wifi and the traditional 40-pin GPIO-header. Why anybody would buy this one instead is beyond me.
I'm waiting for mine to arrive, should be here next week. I love the fact that you do not have to run a buck converter just to use this. The Raspberry Foundation is really screwing up not having any Pi's available...this "shortage" has been going on forever and doesn't seem to be affecting other companies the same way. I'm waiting for the MKS Pi and a Manta board.
Just curious, why not run a CB1 with the manta? Plugs right in and would be a much cheaper solution than this board in the video.
They are uniquely sensitive to the situation because they are were using Broadcom's slack fab capacity to keep the prices down - it was actually a pretty good idea, since if you have an arrangement to make stuff only when the capacity would otherwise be idle you get very good prices. When it screws up is at times like these where there is no slack capacity and the fabs are running flat out to produce full-price parts. Normally you could buy wafer starts in the secondary market (I.E someone booked too much fab capacity and doesn't have the production requirements to use it), but given how backed up everything is right now that's currently more expensive than booking the capacity directly. They are also pretty much vendor-locked because the whole thing was based on the founders' personal relationship with Broadcom.
@@TrimeshSZ They are making compute units and selling to companies in bulk, rapberry pi foundation is prirotizing companies over makers.
I installed this combo on my CR10 running MKS Robin E3 board. Have been using their products for 3 years. Pretty reliable so far.
Big thanks for this video! I ordered the MKS pi last week and waiting for it to arrive. Your video will be a big help with setting it up.
Hi Brad, glad it helped 🙂
I've got both this and a Libre Renegade cranking on Octoprint/Octodash and still running Marlin on my machine. This pi can run XFCE4 desktop and do pretty much anything a Raspberry Pi can do without the exorbitant cost of the current market.
Hi
Just asking!
I have a pallette 2s and to run it i need a wifi sub with octoprint and then instal the pallette software.
Only to make a good connection to my ender 3.
Do you think this board can handle that 🤔
Great video man I was wondering if this board was able to run klipper on and you just made my life a bit easier thanks for going into a little more detail than alot of these other videos on TH-cam appreciate the help man
Hi sir . How does the Makerbase MKS Pi compared to Bigtreetech BTT Pi v1.2? Which one do you think is better
I just brought a Raspberry Pi4b and cant get the pesky thing to show the desk top yet alone install klipper on it. As ive just binned everything from BTT and installed MKS i need one of these. I need a control module to put in the Pad7 as that hasnt worked either, It may have the bells and whistles but its no good if it wont update the Klipper part of it. Replacing the BTT CB1 CM is a must for me. When are you bringing the CMPi out ??? Please please please say your bringing one out soon.
im getting the same warnings as you with the virtual sd card, macros and cancel print. how to fix this? can't start a print
Hey mate great video, I have one just wondering have you had any issues of these boards kind of going into like a standby mode it seems like it disables wifi adapter when hasn't been run in a day or two and taking power out and back on it just doesn't boot back up I have to keep re-flashing the firmware to sd card hard to tell what it is doing as I don't have screen with it just interface in browser
Great tutorial, there is a way to use the MKS TFT 35 for marlin with Klipper?
Buenas. Con esa placa se puede usar en simultáneo con 2 impresoras?
Just two questions, first, how to make the HDMI interface work?, and second question, why Octoprint doesn't work on this card?
not sure if you'll see this but the image from the MKS git hub doesnt have the supplicant file in so I cant make wifi work, any ideas?
hello its been a year since you uploaded this, can i ask a question if this pi can run klipper in 4pcs ender 3? thanks!
Hi thanks you for your great work 👍 I encounter a problem when flashing klipper in the MKS-PI with an internal error : bad marshal error tuple out of range… any idea ? I’ve tried a couple time :/ thank everyone
any luck? I have been running into the same issue and am unable to get it working. I have tried multiple times over the past few days and I'm fixing to give up. I had the device mostly setup but it would not work due to this error, now I cant even get it to connect to the WIFI
Figured it out, You need to not unzip the folder. Just select it directly from the download and use Balena
So your telling me that if I build a VZBOT or voron and substitute the pi for this board I can still get klipper running....if this is true why does everyone still want a raspberry pi? One question ❓ though if you run the MKS Pi board can you run a big tree tech 🎄 tft 7inch touch screen for your klipper interface? Cuz I just got a tft 7inch and it has those Lil raspberry pi connection so thats why I was wondering if it could be connected cuz the MKS Pi board has pretty much all the same connections as the raspberry pi... Anybody know if would work on a voron with a 7inch TFT screen
Thank you for this Pi alternative, one of my RPi's just died, green act light won't come on and can't connect to the pi, it isn't the SD card as the card works just fine in another pi. Picked this up, board plus wifi dongle and screen for $75 Canadian which is $125+ less than just a RPi board on Amazon.
I had a similar board other than raspberry pi, but the company died. Now I can not update the system at all. Old raspberry pi doesn’t have this issue.
do you find the screen to be an absolute abomination? The refresh rate on mine is like 1hz.
@@TheFeralEngineer Haven't played with it much, the extruder motor on the printer I was to be using the MKS Pi on broke a couple of wires and I had to order another motor from AliExpress but the limited time I did use the screen on the MKS Pi left me unimpressed, maybe it's the refresh rate I'm not sure but the touch response seems abysmally slow. I was wondering if it was because I was only running the board on 12v instead of 24v, mine came with no documentation and I've yet to look into what, if any, advantage there is running one or the other voltage.
@@DarrenGerbrandt I'm running it on 24v, but the screen is still terrible. The mks pi is very good when connected to a capacitive touch screen with HDMI and USB. 🙂
I'm trying to customize a vzbot build using these boards with a lot of the wires from the voron wiring harness most look the same
I have an mks pi I have been trying to set up for a week and will literally pay you to help me. Like no joke please lol. I have gotten absolutely everything set up and working but I keep having issues with the Wi-Fi. It works flawlessly on the initial boot and install then barely works after I reboot. It will connect for a few seconds then I lose connection, sometimes just not connecting at all. I have to reflash the os to make it connect over wifi reliably(still breaks when I reboot), yet eithernet works fine, I have no idea how to fix it. I have tried everything, it works perfectly if I put it on Ethernet, but I can not do that with it installed in my printer as I have no access. I have the same comfast wu-810m adapter, did you have this issue or know how to fix it? I don’t know enough code to figure it out myself, but will happily pay someone for their experience to help.
Try a different wifi dongle/module.
Well done 👍 video. Thanks for sharing ❤
It´s possible to run klipper (Mainsail) on the MKS Pi?
I wonder if it has enough power to run Ubuntu server. Awesome little board
Hello, it only worked for a short time, a few weeks. Klipper updates are no longer done and crashes the system. Today on the Makerbase drive I saw a new image appear, without any installation explanation, it's worse than the previous one, nothing works, not even a start... In short, the MksPi will end up at the bottom from a drawer, too disappointing from a builder who once was one of the best ^^
Any tips on what I can use as a 12v power source for the MKS pi? Do I need a separate source or is is possible to power it from the printer PSU or board?
Hi David, you can use any voltage from 12V up to 24V to power the board. You can use the power supply from your printer or an external power source.
Am I expected to crimp my own connector and feed it from a generic power supply/my printers supply? I am having a hard time finding a comercially available power supply with that connector.
Yes. As far as I know, if it's getting 12 or 24 volts it should be good. Doesn't matter the source of that power. Could run off of your printer PSU, a USB cable w/ a boost module, a dedicated DC power supply, whatever you want. You can find pigtails for the connector or kits with pre-crimped wires if you don't want to crimp your own. The connector is JST-XH 2.54 the same as most 3d printer fans.
I 'am confused. I want to use klipper. I have an original ender 3. Do I need to upgrade the board or can I just use the original board and just add klipper using those MAKERBASE MKS Pi Board ? If I should upgrade the board on my ender 3, what board should I get ?
Yes, you can add klipper and maintain the current board.
looks great, will I be able to send gcode files straight from my pc slicer to the printer?
Hi, yes, Klipper will work the same way either with this MKS board or with a raspberry pi.
I installed mine yesterday, but got some issues. It is getting really hot, especially when running a webcam. Has anyone else the same issue? Does it need active cooling?
I'm just testing mine and feel it gets warm. I may make a new case with a fan in there as it seems prone to heat up. note I haven't got it to even take the software. I'll probably stretch the case for a fan or make a fan holder section between the top and bottom..
Thank you for the review
I am having issue where after I get the ip address from the board - this ip address doesn't show the fluid in the browser - can any1 help
You have an error of (fluidd gcode_macro cancel_print) have you not fixed it will not work :) The installation is not finished. TY (Easy access to the klipper.bin file?
After running the MAKE command run
cp out/klipper.bin ../klipper_config/firmware.bin)
im using a old laptop with klipper loaded. doubles as a printer interface
This klipper firmware is making me consider taking my retro pi apart and upgrade my ender 3
Can you run this board with the mellow fly super 8 v2 boards? Does anybody know if this is possible?
What is the size of the jst connector for the 12-24v power?
Did you find it? 2.54mm
I'm curious if that board is capable of filling in on other tasks like a normal pie
It will not run "Raspbian", it runs its own kernel (it's a different chip altogether), it should run all the other stuff just fine, it is just Linux...The MKS kernel and packages set up is geared towards Klipper pretty much exclusively, but it should still run other stuff fine. If you have something that needs Raspbian exclusively, you're going to have a rough time and having only 1GB RAM is exclusive across the board line, you don't actually need much to run Klipper, the processor is the important part. It's not really meant as a "Pi" replacement option, it's a different way to run Klipper without a Pi.
@@david78212 OK
The OrangePis are widely available for a good price and run Armbian. OrangePi Zero 2 seems to be the best price-performance model atm. Cortex-A7 quad core, 1GB RAM for less than 40€.
@@elmariachi5133 there are a lot of alternatives out there, unless you "need" the Pi's form factor...then the choices start dwindling away very quickly. A lot of those run Raspbian available from Raspberry. Given the extreme shortage of the Pi (it's been a year+ now) I would have already started my journey for an alternative. Why is the Raspberry Pi seemingly the only ones affected by this "shortage"? The only ones making out are the scalpers charging over $200 for a Pi 4... with 2gigs of RAM and the idiots willing to pay it.
@@david78212 the OrangePi is the cheapest, and it's working very reliable thanks to the great work of the Armbian team, that's why I like it. Sadly it's no plugin replacement for the RasPi.
I read the reason for the RasPi being so expensive is that due to the shortage they are reserving all the SBCs for enterprises, because they have long year obligations with these. Because of this only very few remain for the low scale market.
On the one hand this is economically understandable, but on the other hand I feel like this is kind of an ass move against the maker community which they owe their success.
This is one reason why I like to recommend the OrangePi instead.
how to install btt screen hdmi5 to mks pi ?
Can I put octoprint on this.
Its posible ?
I also would like to know this
Just a heads up that MKS seem to be doing their usual trick of giving up supporting their products after a year or so. Don't bother buying new.
Boa tarde.. antes de mais parabens pelo canal e pelo excelente conteudo. Comprei recentemente a mks pi tenho uma btt skr mini e3 v2 efectuei a instalacao conforme o video, mas infelizmente sem sucesso. Sera que me pode ajudar?
Cumprimentos
Bom dia Bruno,
Em que passo teve problemas?
Cumprimentos
What size JST is the power connector?
xh2.54
Viva Rui é possível fazer um tuto para adicionar várias impressoras num só Raspberry? Continuação de bom trabalho..
Olá Nuno, sim, posso preparar esse tutorial. Obrigado pela sugestão 🙂
@@ruiraptor te lo agradeceria un monton. Ya tengo la mia pero solo me funciona para la ender3pro y la cr10s pro no la reconoce
I have MKS PI 1.1 full kit with eMMC module, can some one explain how to use the eMMC module, i does not work plug and play
Did you ever get an answer on this? I'm trying to figure my kit out, which also came with that module. I haven't found anything on what this module is for.
@@paulfitzgerald4933 My SD cards keeps dying, so I experimented, at the end I used eMMC to SD adapter and install the firmware as it is normal SD card, and then find out that if just move it to the eMMC slot on the bord will work just as well. for now i use it this way without a problem, boots much faster
MKS PI very slow and display working wit 5 FPS. better to get Orange Pi 3 LTS + HDMI 7" screen
Do not use the wifi adapter from Comfast model CF-WU810N. It has known issues of slow/intermittent dropping and literally not working at all. Buy a good wifi dongle that is for Linux. Trust me, I learned after 2 different dongles
Thanks for the feedback 😉
Why klipper is used for?
short answer is klipper is firmware for the printer. The slightly longer answer is klipper basically offloads all the work the printer's mainboard would do. Once you have the firmware installed on the printer the web interface allows you to make config changes without having to recompile marlin and reflashing the board on the printer.
Would this be able to run octoprint instead
ka wie ich den mit energie versorgen soll
how to revert the fw for printer?
If you want to isntall back Marlin firmware, just compile it or get the already compiled .bin or .hex file and flash the printer with it. If you are not sure how to compile and/or flash the firmware, you can check our channel for the video with the instructions.
@@ruiraptor thanks. My printer is no brand no service. How to get the original Marlin firmware? Is there a way to back up?
Which board do you have?
@@ruiraptor thanks I have figured out. I have Robin nano v1.2 and flashed official marlin
It's 10 bucks more expensive than the BTT Pi, which comes with both wifi and the traditional 40-pin GPIO-header. Why anybody would buy this one instead is beyond me.
looks like basically an android t95 mini tv running arm coretex A53 quad core...
im like #700 did i win the free PIZZA!!??
😆😆😆😆😆😆😅
I have one. Works very well.
Thank you for your feedback Bruno