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Briefly, to describe the three interfaces: | Briefly, to describe the three interfaces: | ||
| + | * [[RoboPaint]] is automatic painting software, which is usually your best choice when starting from an existing drawing in SVG format. | ||
| + | * [[RoboPaint RT]] is an independent real-time painting application, in which you paint on your computer, and the robot follows along in real time. | ||
* The [[Inkscape_and_WaterColorBot|Inkscape extensions for WaterColorBot]] allow you to create and paint artwork with a very fine level of control, either within Inkscape, or by exporting SVG graphics to RoboPaint. | * The [[Inkscape_and_WaterColorBot|Inkscape extensions for WaterColorBot]] allow you to create and paint artwork with a very fine level of control, either within Inkscape, or by exporting SVG graphics to RoboPaint. | ||
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== For Young Programmers == | == For Young Programmers == | ||
| − | * You can program the WaterColorBot in both [http://scratch.mit.edu Scratch] and [http://snap.berkeley.edu | + | * You can program the WaterColorBot in both [http://scratch.mit.edu Scratch] and [http://snap.berkeley.edu Snap!] Our example code for these projects, "WaterColorBlocks" is available [https://github.com/evil-mad/WaterColorBlocks here]. You will also need to run RoboPaint (0.9.0 or newer) in the background, as an interface to the WaterColorBot. |
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* The Inkscape extensions are written in Python. Their github repository is [https://github.com/evil-mad/wcb-ink here] | * The Inkscape extensions are written in Python. Their github repository is [https://github.com/evil-mad/wcb-ink here] | ||
* The RESTful [https://github.com/techninja/cncserver/blob/master/API.md WaterColorBot API] is built into RoboPaint. | * The RESTful [https://github.com/techninja/cncserver/blob/master/API.md WaterColorBot API] is built into RoboPaint. | ||
| − | * You can also send low-level commands directly to the EBB over USB, from any program that can write to a serial port. Command documentation for the EBB can be found [http:// | + | * You can also send low-level commands directly to the EBB over USB, from any program that can write to a serial port. Command documentation for the EBB can be found [http://schmalzhaus.com/EBB/EBBCommands.html here]. |
