Upgrading your Mainboard

Why upgrade?
Upgrading your Mainboard from the stock TronXY-CXY Board is very useful. It allows for many more features and customisation, as well as higher support and documentation. Here is a few boards we recommend upgrading to, and how to do it.

How to upgrade
All of the modern TronXY Printers use proprietary connectors from Hotend to Mainboard. This makes upgrading quite a headache sometimes, we will help you get trough it. ATTENTION: If you want to use the stock probe, you will have to use an Optocoupler or a Diode.

The easiest method: Swapping the Mainboard in the same place as the old one
This allows for not having to re-solder or replace wires. You will need some way to mount it (like an adapter) tho.

The second most easy method: Mounting where the old Breakout board was
This works fairly well for X5SA machines, tho for XY-2 and D machines it might be different. Basically mount the Mainboard where the old Breakout board was, using a custom mount. You will only need to extend the heater wires as well as the PSU wires on the X5SA models

Extending all the wires using Soldering
Another way is just to mount it where you want, and extend all the wires by soldering them longer. This might take more time, but is clean.

Use another Cable from Hotend to Mainboard
Some people switched from the old Cable Chain on the X5SA models to connectors like DB26 or VGA. This allows the hotend wiring to be extended automatically. User ChRIstMas on the Discord has done it on his X5SA.

Mellow FLY-CDY-V2

 * WiFi Support from start
 * Discord Server with awesome support
 * RepRapFirmware(Duet) easily from stock with webinterface or Marlin if you want it
 * 6 Swappable Drivers ( allows for Triple Independent Z )

SKR 1.4(Turbo)

 * Lots of community support
 * Marlin from stock
 * 5 Swappable Drivers

MKS SGEN_L V2.0

 * Cheap
 * 5 Swappable Drivers
 * Marlin from stock