Difference between revisions of "AYAB Interface"

Latest revision as of 11:05, 30 May 2018

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

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

Announcement article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Announcement article from the AYAB team
Store page at the Evil Mad Scientist shop
Hardware installation: How to connect the AYAB Interface to your knitting machine

SiLabs CP210x "VCP" Drivers -- required for use with most new boards. Required on Mac. Windows 8 and higher should find and install this driver automatically if you have an internet connection.

AYAB Interface Arduino shield soldering kits, available through Etsy.
Understanding the Brother Electronic Knitting Machine by Hannah Napier
AYAB Tutorial in using paint.net software (on Windows) for image manipulation: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (German language)
Knit Editor software
Identifying different models of Brother knitting machines
Additional Links welcome!

API reference
The AYAB Interface PCB was designed with gEDA. We maintain a list of helpful gEDA resources.
AYAB Hardware documentation at GitHub. (This Interface is in the "Shieldv2x" directory.)

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 == Other Resources of Interest ==
+* [https://www.etsy.com/shop/redpinkgreen AYAB Interface] Arduino shield soldering kits, available through Etsy.
 * [http://hannahnapier.co.uk/2015/02/understanding-the-brother-electronic-knitting-machine/ Understanding the Brother Electronic Knitting Machine] by Hannah Napier
 * AYAB Tutorial in using [http://www.getpaint.net/index.html paint.net] software (on Windows) for image manipulation: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMlnaVO6UKs Part 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVrvq-XswRg Part 2], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBH5gs-NP8g Part 3] (German language)