Creality confirms that future Ender 3/Ender 3 Pro 3D printers will feature 32-bit motherboards
Creality confirms that future Ender 3/Ender 3 Pro 3D printers will feature 32-bit motherboards
While this change will be an inconvenience to some users, as Creality’s new 32-bit motherboard requires different firmware than its 8-bit equivalent, the move to 32-bit is a positive change when considered as a whole.Â
New Creality Ender 3/Ender 3 Pro 3D printers will ship with a new 4.2.2 32-bit motherboard, which comes with an STM32F103 master chipset and HR4988 driver chipset. Like Creality’s older 8-bit motherboards, it also ships with Marlin 2.0 firmware.Â
The benefits of 32-bit ARM controllers over their 8-bit counterparts are numerous, but the core of the matter is that they are much faster. 3D printers need to read complex G.code and deliver precise instructions to your 3D printer’s motors, and 32-bit processors allow 3D printers to complete this task with performance to space. As a whole, old 8-bit and new 32-bit Ender 3 3D Printers will offer the same functionality and printing performance as before, but 32-bit processors allow users to process more complex G.code without any potential slowdown, stutters for pauses.Â
For most users, the upgrade to 32-bit processing will deliver huge benefits to new Ender 3 users. That said, it is a positive step for Creality to take, even if it complicates the process of updating an Ender 3’s firmware.Â
It is worth noting here that Creality is not guaranteeing that all new Ender 3 and Ender 3 Pro 3D printers will feature 32-bit processors. It is likely that a large number of 8-bit Ender 3 3D printers are still available from retailers. All newly manufactured Ender 3/Ender 3 Pro 3D printers will feature 32-bit motherboards. That change doesn’t mean that 8-bit Ender 3 printers have been removed from retailer shelves.Â
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