What is BLTouch?

BLTouch is a touch sensor for automatic bed leveling. Physically touches the bed at multiple points and measures irregularity.

How it works

BLTouch has an extendable pin. Before printing the pin touches 9-25 bed points measuring Z height. Printer creates a mesh bed leveling map and adjusts Z during printing.

Alternatives

  • CRTouch - Creality clone
  • Inductive sensor - detects metal (aluminum bed)
  • Piezo - nozzle pressure detection
  • Eddy current - Bambu Lab newer

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