Welcome to the SeeMeCNC Community

Hey guys, I'm still in the process of rebuilding one of my rostock, so I'm trying to figure out what is the longest length or LCD cable I can use for the 2004 LCD from the kit. So I have my printers in a closet, and I've built basically two cubbies in the closet to house the printer's, and soon it'll be a full enclosure. To better print abs, abs has been lifting every so often with me so I'm trying to reduce that, but I primarily use pla as of now.

I'm not at home currently so I can't post pictures yet. But this is the parts that are being put together.

Rostock max v1 is getting a complete rebuild.
Currently have a new bond tech qr waiting to be turned on.
Also v6 e3d w/ volcano block.
Also I completely redid the wiring to move the Rambo top the top of my v1, so all the cables have been redone and extended.
My goal for this v1 is to make the Rambo an external box to house all the controls and lcd and wire from outside enclosure. Basically I extended every wire except for the LCD so this one once my mounts get here will be up and running

V2 has been built and been running pretty nicely, need to finer calibrate it but so far it's relatively good in terms of print quality.
Has the same setup. However, has dampeners . I'm also trying to extend the LCD cable for this one, since I'm thinking of water cooling the nema 17 motor with some leftover water cooling parts via old pc. Not sure if that will work, but my motors gets hot on this v2 without any fans blowing on them.
Essentially I'm trying to see if I can custom mount the cpu block behind the nema.

But back to the real question. How long can I make the LCD cable without losing signal and/or can I apply power to that cable from somewhere else to further lengthen the LCD cable?

I'll upload some pictures of the work, and some prints when I get home.

Thanks in advance

On cable length, all I can say is try it. If it doesn't work, you can always put it back. Both the SD card and the LCD display would be sensitive to cable length. Shielded twisted pairs would probably get you farther than simple ribbon cable.

Now the computer interface is another matter...you can almost certainly run the USB cable far enough for your purposes.

I've gone a meter without issues on my lcd cables

If you run into trouble, they do make snap on ferrite filters for flat ribbon cables.
[img]http://www.mouser.com/images/fair-rite/ ... ap_Its.jpg[/img]

Jimustanguitar wrote:If you run into trouble, they do make snap on ferrite filters for flat ribbon cables.
[img]http://www.mouser.com/images/fair-rite/ ... ap_Its.jpg[/img]

Thanks Jim, I have personally used the above ferrite core and it certainly does help to clear up noise and may allow you to make the cable longer.
I recommend these anytime the cable length is longer than stock.