The Ender 5 is similar to the Ender 3 in many ways, including many people receiving theirs with warped beds. This BLtouch guide will take you through step by step on how to fit this very popular auto bed levelling probe. It covers printed parts, physical installation/wiring, firmchange changes and configuration.

This guide assumes you have already burned a bootloader:    • Ender 5 bootloader and Marlin update  

Since the TH3D version of Marlin now supports the BLtouch, I’ve covered this as well as vanilla Marlin. It is easier to setup but if you want to customise parameters it becomes harder.

I recommend purchasing a genuine BLtouch from Antclabs rather than a clone. Some people have success with the clones but many have issues and end up buying genuine anyway.

This guide should also work for Ender 3 with very minimal changes.

Ender 3 BLtouch mount: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:300...
Ender 5 BLtouch mount (standard height): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:338...
Ender 5 BLtouch mount (3mm lower and perfect for me): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:338...
Ender 5 bootloader burning guide:    • Ender 5 bootloader and Marlin update  

Vanilla Marlin links:
Arduino IDE: https://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software
Marlin firmware download: http://marlinfw.org/meta/download/
My Ender 5 Marlin configuration files (free): https://gumroad.com/l/eolzc

TH3D links:
TH3D download: http://firmware.th3dstudio.com/

Shopping:
Buy genuine BLtouch (1.5 extension cable recommended):
https://amzn.to/2Ozfby2
Pin 27 board (Aus eBay): https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/113099279...
Pin 27 board (US): https://www.th3dstudio.com/product/ez...
Pin 27 board (eBay UK/Europe): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CR10Pin...
Pin 27 board (eBay US/Canada): https://www.ebay.com/itm/142980057378
Pin 27 board (eBay UK shipping worldwide): https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/CrealityEnd...

Purchase the Ender 5 from these links:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2SApPXG
eBay: https://ebay.to/2CUThSV
Creality: https://www.creality3donline.com/crea...

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