paperclips. And: • Hot glue • Cable ties • A washing peg • A ruler • A hobby servo • Skateboard bearings • Polymorph (the plastic, not the company) • Sandpaper • A pencil • A Coke can • A series of tubes • Plus various cannibalised bits from my garage
image • Convert image to list of lists of colour values • Send timed up/down commands to Arduino Arduino is just a dumb controller: • Drive the motor • Send a start position trigger to the laptop • Receive up/down and move the pen
lines of Python code • 68 lines of Arduino code • 0 test coverage • 40 labels printed to date • 8 minutes per label • 1 lightning talk Definitely worth it, would do again.
(We’re hiring!) • Maker evenings (on hold) Or some other projects: • 3D printer • Dog speedometer • Simple drawing machine • Perpetual Pendulum Wave • Electric bicycle