Difference between revisions of "The Original Egg-Bot Kit"
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* [[Hacks]]: a collection of ideas for Eggbot mods | * [[Hacks]]: a collection of ideas for Eggbot mods | ||
* [[The Eggbot Extensions]], a detailed guide to the Eggbot extensions for Inkscape. (in progress) | * [[The Eggbot Extensions]], a detailed guide to the Eggbot extensions for Inkscape. (in progress) | ||
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* Some [[hints on optimization]] (to be posted) | * Some [[hints on optimization]] (to be posted) | ||
* [[Help wanted]] | * [[Help wanted]] | ||
Revision as of 02:46, 7 October 2010
This page is the central site for documentation of The Original Egg-Bot kit. We are still rapidly adding new content to this page through the first week in October.
Main details about the Egg-Bot kit:
- Announcement article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Kit page at evilmadscience.com
- egg-bot.com, the official site, featuring the Eggbot FAQ.
Getting started with Eggbot: Essential documentation
- Part I: Assembly guide (10 MB PDF Document) Updated 10/7/10.
- Part II: Installing software
- Part III: Making your first plot
Additional basic-level tutorials:
- Drawing a smiley face, a detailed example, making a simple drawing in Inkscape and formatting it for the Eggbot.
Getting started with Inkscape:
- Inkscape Documentation, at Inkscape.org, with links to official and unofficial tutorials and manuals
- The unofficial manual, "Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program"
Advanced topics and tips:
- TSP art, a technique for drawing likenesses of photographic images, based upon the Travelling Salesman Problem.
- Methods of creating filled regions
- Pen choices
- Blowing Eggs
- Tracing images in Inkscape
- Updating EBB firmware
- Hacks: a collection of ideas for Eggbot mods
- The Eggbot Extensions, a detailed guide to the Eggbot extensions for Inkscape. (in progress)
- Improving precision (in progress)
- Some hints on optimization (to be posted)
- Help wanted
Egg-Bot support resources:
- Eggbot-user Mailing list (Please sign up!)
- Eggbot Flickr Group where you can share your Eggbot art and photos
- Eggbot Forum at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- EBB page, about the EiBotBoard that powers the Eggbot
- Google Code Project, EggBotCode, where Eggbot software is hosted
- Software Issues List @ EggBotCode, if you have a bug to report
