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I am implementing an ERCF on my V-Core 3, after feeling that the Hall sensor was not very reliable, I decided to go ahead with the well-known micro switch approach.

As I only had 6mm steel ball with me, I had to design the module compatible with 6mm spheres.

Required material:

1x OMRON D2F-5 microswitch
1x 6mm steel ball
1x 4pin JST XH 2.54 Plug (male and female)
7x M3x12 (since the plate is taller)
1x 15mm PTFE tube (from plate to the extruder)
1xCustom lenght* PTFE tube (from the plate to the hotend)

This piece is a remix of the EVA 3 plate for orbiter 1.5, but I got inspiration from the following projects:

EVA3 ERCF Filament Sensor for Orbiter 1.5 (7mm steel ball)
EVA 3 Toolhead Filament Sensor (Mechanical and Reliable) (4mm steel ball)

*Note: Only 1mm of PTFE tube can come out of the front_universal_fi part of the EVA3 system

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