The Original Egg-Bot Kit

This page is the central site for documentation of The Original Egg-Bot kit. We are still in a frenzy adding new content to this page. :)

Please do not link to this site our announce its presence until Tuesday, 10/5/2010.

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)
• Part II: Installing software (almost started)
• Part III: Aligning objects in the Eggbot (to be posted)
• Part IV: Making your first plot (to be posted)

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

Advanced topics and tips:

• TSP art, a technique based upon the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) for drawing likenesses of photographic images
• Blowing Eggs
• Pen choices
• Hacks, a collection of ideas for Eggbot mods
• Improving precision (to be posted)
• Methods of creating filled regions (almost started)
• Some hints on optimization (to be posted)
• Tracing images in Inkscape (to be posted)
• Updating EBB firmware
• Help wanted

Egg-Bot support resources:

• Eggbot-user Mailing list (Please sign up!)
• 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