I got inspired by Matt's plea. This weekend, I'm going to slam-build a 3-servo "robot arm" for Expo that will let kids print letters/names typed into a netbook. BS2-based. Sure hope there's enough memory in there for all 26 letters, and numbers if possible. I can always fall back on my pile of BS2Es, but I'd rather use one of my HW boards.
Okay, I now have my S2 writer program working. It is pretty simple.
Each time you press a key while in the serial terminal the S2 will beep to indicate that it received the character. You can enter up to 20 characters as it is now.
Hit enter and it beeps twice.
Then hit G, g or space and it will beep three times and begin writing or hit C or c and it will start over.
This is very cool. I can now sleep in peace knowing all those kids will be able to have there names spelled out. (I just realized this may sound sarcastic. It really isn't. This has been bothering me.)
Matt: If you can laser cut sheet metal name stencils beforehand, I can let the kids BURN their names onto various items with Flamethrowing BoeBot. Playing with fire. Just say the word!
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I guess I better get busy.
I got inspired by Matt's plea. This weekend, I'm going to slam-build a 3-servo "robot arm" for Expo that will let kids print letters/names typed into a netbook. BS2-based. Sure hope there's enough memory in there for all 26 letters, and numbers if possible. I can always fall back on my pile of BS2Es, but I'd rather use one of my HW boards.
Each time you press a key while in the serial terminal the S2 will beep to indicate that it received the character. You can enter up to 20 characters as it is now.
Hit enter and it beeps twice.
Then hit G, g or space and it will beep three times and begin writing or hit C or c and it will start over.
A video will follow...
This will be a very cool addition to the Expo.
YOU GUYS ROCK!!!
-Matt
(sorry about the shouting, but this is just plain awesome...)