Creality 32 bit V4 board guide - Ender 3 V2, BLtouch & more

Creality now has 32 bit mainboards, but there is a lot of confusion about which printers they come on and how to compile and flash firmware on them. This video aims to answer all of the questions, covering differences, firmware, BLtouch and filament runout sensing.

Thanks to Leon at Creality for answering my questions, and to the Marlin devs and community for already supporting the new V4.2.x boards.

Purchase the Creality 4.2.7 32 bit silent mainboard: https://www.creality3dofficial.com/co...
Buy genuine BLtouch (at least 1.5m extension cable recommended):
https://amzn.to/2Ozfby2

0:00 Introduction

1:00 V4.2.X Board details and versions
TH3D stream on Creality 32bit boards:    • What are the Creality V4.2.2 and 4.2.7 boa...  
Creality blog announcement - Ender 3 to receive 32 bit mainboard: https://www.creality.com/blog-detail/...

4:21 Fitting the new board as an upgrade
Creality Melzi (8 bit) wiring checklist: https://imgur.com/a/Zy7rdq4
Creality V4.2.X wiring checklist: https://imgur.com/a/gnus0r0

4:46 Compiling Marlin firmware for Creality V4 32 bit boards
Creality download page: https://www.creality.com/download
Marlin bugfix branch on GitHub: https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Mar...
Marlin GitHub thread on V4.2.x board development: https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Mar...
Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com
An example of preparing for this board on a Chromebook by Gasserk: https://gist.github.com/gasserk/431ff...

10:36 Firmware update process for Creality V4 32 bit boards

13:07 BLtouch guide
Ender 3 V2 BLtouch mount by jkostenov: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:446...
BLtouch on Amazon (at least 1.5m extension cable recommended):
https://amzn.to/2Ozfby2
BLtouch wiring for Creality V4 boards (to suit firmware method in this guide): https://imgur.com/a/EOezDZS
Video on first layer, including gcode test for dialling in Z offset:    • Bed levelling for beginners to achieve a p...  

18:48 Filament runout guide
TH3D filament runout sensor (as shown in the video): https://www.th3dstudio.com/product/ez...
Corrected filament runout wiring for Creality V4 boards: https://imgur.com/a/xk80nya (thanks to commenters for pointing out mistake)

20:32 Why is standalone bad and why no linear advance?
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23:04 Conclusion and free firmware links
My Marlin branch with many branches available (select from drop down): https://github.com/teachingtechYT/Marlin
TH3D also supports these boards: http://uf2.th3dstudio.com/
Compiled Ender 3 V2 base firmware: https://gum.co/vBrIK
Compiled Ender 3 V2 BLtouch firmware: https://gum.co/wMThH
Compiled Ender 3 with 4.2.7 silent board upgrade base firmware: https://gum.co/nzufo
Compiled Ender 3 with 4.2.7 silent board upgrade BLtouch firmware: https://gum.co/NJvbz

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