RasterWeb!
I finally got around to testing out the Arduino Ethernet shield I picked up many months ago.
A web server in less than 50 lines of code on a microprocessor? Totally doable…
I’ve got a few project ideas in mind for this winter, including a possible update to my temperature and humidity logger. (Or I could always work on Twitter Monkey v2.)
Happy Halloween!
I’m designing a cucoloris (or “cookie”) that I hope to eventually make on the CNC Router at the Milwaukee Makerspace.
The image above was exported from Inkscape. I started with a few basic shapes and filled a rectangular area about 20″ x 30″ with them, rotating and resizing a bit for some variance. (I’m still not 100% pleased with this, so I’ll probably keep tweaking it.)
I can export a DXF from Inkscape and (supposedly) that will go into CamBam which is the controller software the router uses, and a G-code file will be produced from that. I’m hoping once I see that G-code file, I may be able to create it directly from Inkscape in the future, but right now I’m just hoping to get a file that works and cut some wood.
This should be a fairly simple project. It’s pretty two-dimensional, just cutting shapes out of a thin piece of wood. There’s a few more ambitious projects other members are talking about, but I’m a simple man with simple needs for a simple cookie… at least for now. :)
So what did I do at DrawCamp? Well, I had the Friday Night Drawbot working hard at creating some drawings, and here they are for you to enjoy!
Back Pedalling
An Error in Judgement
Profit Margin
Slippers
Sunlight
Fall is Here
Pillabuster
Farple #27
Grassy Knoll
You may be familiar with our Friday Night Drawbot from back when it was at Version 1. Well, we’re now at Version 3, and there’s been much improvement. With Version 2 we made the body a bit shorter to get a tighter turn radius, and we’ve continued that trend with the latest revision.
We’ve also switched to AA rechargeable batteries, so no more disposable 9 volts. This means that we can use our eneloops and since we’ve got a dozen of them, we can run all day and switch them out as needed.
We’re also using a Diavolino from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories now, which means we can use a shield, which means we’ve cleaned things up a bit as far as the wiring. The “brains” are also detachable from the rest of the body now. Speaking of the body, we’ve rebuilt that as well, and used hot glue and velcro in place of duct tape and rubber bands, so things are a lot more secure. (Don’t worry, there’s still gaff tape and rubber bands, but it’s much cleaner now.)
Keep an eye out for the Friday Night Drawbot at the next event that somehow manages to blend art and technology…. or something like that.
(Oh, I’ll also be adding a bunch more info on the Friday Night Drawbot project page.)