AYAB Interface

This page is the central documentation site for AYAB Interface from Evil Mad Scientist.

AYAB: All Yarns Are Beautiful

Main details about AYAB:

• Announcement ayab-knitting.com, the home page of the AYAB project
• Features of the AYAB project
• GitHub page of the AYAB project -- where open source hardware and software documentation are found

The AYAB Interface from Evil Mad Scientist

• Announcement article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
• Announcement article from the AYAB team
• Store page at the Evil Mad Scientist shop
• AYAB Hardware documentation at GitHub. (This Interface is in the "Shieldv2x" directory.)
• The AYAB Interface PCB was designed with gEDA. We maintain a list of helpful gEDA resources.

Getting started with AYAB

• AYAB Step by step tutorial by Claire Williams
• AYAB Quick Start
• Software installation on Mac
• AYAB Tips and Tricks

• SiLabs CP210x "VCP" Drivers -- required for use with most new boards. Required on Mac. Believed to be automatic on Windows 8 and higher.

Community Resources

• AYAB Forum at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
• AYAB Forum at Ravelry

Other sites and articles about AYAB

• Links welcome!

Additional resources for developers

• API reference

Other knitting machine hacks besides AYAB

• img2track
• knitic
• electroknit