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mKoser
 
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Drawing Machine - Lego Toaster
« on: Aug 6th, 2003, 10:54pm » |
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Drawing Machine
In the beginning of this summer I finished a 5-week workshop (at the Royal College of Art) using Processing, Lego and electronics... Casey came by during the workshop and presented Processing.
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The workshop had three parts.
1) Make a mechanical drawingmachine with Lego.
The goal was to gain a basic understanding of mechanics, using Lego bricks (no intelligent ones!)
2) Learn a new software environment and create a software drawing machine
We were introduced to Processing - but, since I already knew it, my task was to develop a custom IO-board which would enable Processing to control Lego-motors.
3) Create a machine that leaves a message.
Here the goal was to combine our new gaines skills (mechanics and programming). I made a "printer-like" Lego machine which can draw (burn) vector-shape messages onto pieces of toast bread.
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The project is posted here:
www.beyondthree.com?chapter=rca&project=drawingmachine
The source-code for the project is online, however, since the code was made specifically for the IO-board containing a PIC16F84 chip (I still need to post the PIC chip code!), it might not make a whole lot of sense. I wrote a tutorial for my fellow students, so they could understand the protocol for communicating with the IO-board and how you can do simple serial stuff with Processing. All of it is availiable through the above link.
...uhh, and yes, it was alot of fun! 
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mikkel crone koser | www.beyondthree.com | http://processing.beyondthree.com
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REAS
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Re: Drawing Machine - Lego Toaster
« Reply #1 on: Aug 7th, 2003, 3:24am » |
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thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this.
i hope everyone also goes to see the tutorial you put together for the board:
http://proce55ing.beyondthree.com/
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mr.prufrock
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Re: Drawing Machine - Lego Toaster
« Reply #2 on: Aug 8th, 2003, 12:46am » |
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that's excellent, mikkel!
I look forward to see some jam and peanut butter there, too 
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benelek
 
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Re: Drawing Machine - Lego Toaster
« Reply #3 on: Aug 8th, 2003, 9:39am » |
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whoa, cool! i haven't seen one of those leggo motors for years!
if only someone had given me a piece of toast with my name burned into it when i was younger
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mKoser
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Re: Drawing Machine - Lego Toaster
« Reply #4 on: Aug 8th, 2003, 10:16am » |
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on Aug 7th, 2003, 3:24am, REAS wrote:| thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this. |
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Thanks... I am planning more tangible stuff with proce55ing for my next semester - i'll post it here as the work gets done.
on Aug 8th, 2003, 12:46am, mr.prufrock wrote:| I look forward to see some jam and peanut butter there, too |
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to begin with I wanted to spread jam in patterns, but it ended up being too complicated (and messy)
on Aug 8th, 2003, 9:39am, benelek wrote:| if only someone had given me a piece of toast with my name burned into it when i was younger |
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Well, it's never too late to start playing with your food, now is it
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mikkel crone koser | www.beyondthree.com | http://processing.beyondthree.com
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Koenie
 
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Re: Drawing Machine - Lego Toaster
« Reply #5 on: Aug 8th, 2003, 9:27pm » |
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on Aug 8th, 2003, 10:16am, mKoser wrote:
Well, it's never too late to start playing with your food, now is it
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Just take a look at John Maeda, I'd say...
Koenie
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benelek
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Re: Drawing Machine - Lego Toaster
« Reply #7 on: Aug 9th, 2003, 4:57am » |
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tasty for sure!
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vent
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Re: Drawing Machine - Lego Toaster
« Reply #8 on: Aug 16th, 2003, 8:36pm » |
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great work! I can't wait to take the tutorial.
(coincidentally that is the same pic I usually use).
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http://www.shapevent.com/
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