Anet A8 LED Illumination MOD by papinist

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

LED Illumination MOD for the Anet A8.
You don't need to print anything!
I'm always trying to get the best result with minimal effort, and this is the perfect example. On Thingiverse you can find some structures made for support leds for your printer.. but are they really needed?
Led strips have an adhesive layer on its back, and the small 3528 leds are mounted on an 8 mm wide strip that is exactly the width of the Anet acrylic frame.
I used 3528 led strips to illuminate my Anet A8 while printing. I also added a small led strip chunk under the extruder assembly to have a brighter view of the current printing job.
This is controlled by OctoPrint and a 2-relay board, but you can simply use a rocker switch getting power from the power supply.
Video showing how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMFnYT3vU9w
Info on how to use a relay board with OctoPrint: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1428478
Check out all my Anet A8 projects:
Anet A8 Prusa i3 Simple filament guide (Horizontal) http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1764285
Anet A8 RPi Camera Bed mount http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1867549
Anet A8 Y Axis Cable Chain v2 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1915486
Anet A8 hotbed thermal insulation http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1917197
Anet A8 Power supply cover w\LCD power meter http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2087761
Anet A8 Z-Axis RPi Camera mount for panning timelapses http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2265949
Anet A8 LED Illumination MOD http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2285674
The One - Anet A8 - Universal Spool Holder https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2456038
Anet A8 Easy Magnetic Extruder Access Mod (8x2 magnets) https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3512382