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Eggduino
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Arduino Firmware for Eggbot / Spherebot with Inkscape-Integration
Version 1.3
tested with Inkscape Portable 0.91, Eggbot Extension and patched eggbot.py
Regards: Eggduino-Firmware by Joachim Cerny, 2015
Thanks for the nice libs ACCELSTEPPER and SERIALCOMMAND, which made this project much easier. Thanks to the Eggbot-Team for such a funny and enjoyable concept! Thanks to my wife and my daughter for their patience. :-)
Features:
- Implemented Eggbot-Protocol-Version 2.1.0
- Turn-on homing: switch-on position of pen will be taken as reference point.
- No collision-detection!!
- Supported Servos: At least one type ;-) I use Arduino Servo-Lib with TG9e- standard servo.
- Full Arduino-Compatible. I used an Arduino Uno
Tested and fully functional with Inkscape.
Installation:
- Upload Eggduino.ino with Arduino-IDE or similar tool to your Arudino (i.e. Uno)
- Disable Autoreset on Arduinoboard (there are several ways to do this... Which one does not matter...)
- Install Inkscape Tools wit Eggbot extension. Detailed instructions: (You yust need to complete Steps 1 and 2)
http://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/Installing_software
- Because of an bug in the Eggbot-extension (Function findEiBotBoards()), the Eggduino cannot be detected by default.
Hopefully, the guys will fix this later on. But we can fix it on our own.
It is quiete easy:
- Go to your Inkscape-Installationfolder and navigate to subfolder .\App\Inkscape\share\extensions
- open File "eggbot.py" in texteditor and search for line:
"Try any devices which seem to have EBB boards attached"
- uncomment that block like this:
# Try any devices which seem to have EBB boards attached
# for strComPort in eggbot_scan.findEiBotBoards():
# serialPort = self.testSerialPort( strComPort )
# if serialPort:
# self.svgSerialPort = strComPort
# return serialPort
- In my version lines 1355-1360
Todos and Feature-Wishlist:
- implement hardware-button , EGGBOT-Guys call it "PRG-Button"