Sneaks' Articulating PiCam V3/Prusa MK4/Geekworm RPi4 Supercut

All the parts you need for the Prusa MK4 and Raspberry Pi Camera Module Version 3.  

As with the original, the bracket (the piece holding the arm to one of the Z-mounts) requires one M3 x 16 mm cap screw.

The Raspberry Pi 4 mount I chose was by it replaces the bottom of a Geekworm Heavy Duty Aluminum case for RPi4 which mounts to the back on a Prusa MK4 frame above the electronic box.

The Geekworm Case (Amazon) is a generic, inexpensive aluminum case for the RPi4, meant for passive cooling, with the top of the case contacting 4 chips on the RPi4 board and serving as a big heatsink.

If you're using OctoPrint and moving from the Pi Camera Module 2 or something else, you'll need to re-install OctoPi using the "new camera stack," which is one of the selections available on the Raspberry Pi Imager.  If you're getting the system image from octprint.org, the link is about halfway down the page, or you can just click here.

I'm not a huge fan of Timelapse on OctoPrint so I installed OctoLapse.  Although the setup is more intense, the results are definitely cleaner, e.g. OctoLapse does a wonderful job with stable captures resulting in a smooth build video.  You'll need to look up specific like Z-hop distance, retraction lengths, etc.  One additional setting that resulted in zero filament flow after the first layer was a buried setting called “G90/G91 Influences Extruder” which had to be set to “True.”

I've included screenshots of my settings so help.

I needed a longer camera ribbon cable so I picked these up on Amazon.