Marlin 1.1.x or 2.x on Anet A8 Guide

cults3d

So I wanted to write about my journey from stock Anet A8 to Skynet then finally to Marlin. In my things you will see bits of code posted for setting up the print heads for the printer. This guide is more about converting from one firmware to another. This applies to RAMPS converted units only. I have not tried Marlin on a stock Anet A8 board, for that I use Skynet3d from https://github.com/thijsk/Skynet3d Marlin 2.0 is now live! I have updated to Marlin 2.0. Autolevel works better and that's all I have noticed! I do run RAMPS. The instructions are still the same, you mess with the configuration.h and thats it. Same files are there and with 8bit boards you still use the Arduino IDE. I will make a guide for 32bit boards when I get to it. I have included the files for the 18mm Sensor Carriage with chain from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2766701 See the RAMPS tutorial here! See the Octoprint and GPIO tutorial here! Marlin can be found at http://marlinfw.org See that site for detailed instructions, information and guides. OK on to the guide!