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Revision as of 14:25, 29 December 2010
This page is the central site for documentation of The Original Egg-Bot kit.
Main details about the Egg-Bot kit:
- Announcement article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Product page at evilmadscience.com
- egg-bot.com, the official site, featuring the Eggbot FAQ
Getting started with Eggbot: Essential documentation
- Part I: Assembly guide (8.9 MB PDF, Updated 12/12/10)
- 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:
- FLOSS Inkscape Manual, from the makers of free manuals for free software
- The unofficial manual, "Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program"
- Inkscape Documentation, at Inkscape.org, with links to official and unofficial tutorials and manuals
Advanced topics and tips:
- The Eggbot extensions, a detailed guide to the Eggbot extensions for Inkscape
- Framing and pen centering, tips for getting your drawings placed just right on your eggs
- The Eggbot coordinate system
- Improving precision
- Methods of creating filled regions
- TSP art, a technique for drawing likenesses of photographic images, based upon the Travelling Salesman Problem
- Pen choices
- Blowing Eggs
- Tracing images in Inkscape
- Updating EBB firmware
- Hardware reference design
- Hacks: a collection of ideas for Eggbot mods
- Some hints on optimization (to be posted)
- Eggbot software release notes
- Help wanted
Places for questions, answers, and sharing experiences:
- Eggbot-user Mailing list (Please sign up!)
- Eggbot Forum at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Eggbot Flickr Group where you can share photos of your Eggbot and your Egg-Plots
- Eggbot @ Thingiverse where you can share Eggbot-ready SVG art-- or programs that generate art
Additional support resources:
- 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
