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Holy smoke my Drawbot made Hacked Gadgets!

Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
edited 2014-09-12 10:29 in General Discussion

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  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2014-09-09 18:26
    Very cool!

    Congratulations.

    PropForth? It fun to see a completed project with Forth and it's always fun to see a Propeller controlled robot.
  • SapphireSapphire Posts: 496
    edited 2014-09-09 18:36
    Wow, first beacons and now writing. Very cool. How complex was the font table?
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2014-09-09 18:40
    Congratulations!!!

    Nicely done!
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2014-09-09 18:55
    @all, thanks.
    Sapphire wrote: »
    How complex was the font table?

    Not too bad. The robot draws using turtle graphics which is form of vector graphics. Forth is a concatenative language, so you build primitives for drawing parts of the letters, then build letters out of the primitives. Drawing words becomes as easy as typing the letters at that point.

    This of course assumes you already know Forth which has a bit of a steep learning curve.
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2014-09-10 05:03
    Fantastic Martin_H! You are a star of screen - next the stage?
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-09-10 10:08
    Forth on the Propeller, glad to see that and I am sure Prof. Braino is happy it is PropForth.

    I feel that the learning curve in Forth on the Propeller is well worth the trouble as it gets you deep into using anything the Propeller can do. And I prefer interactive programing to the write-compile-load cycle.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2014-09-10 10:12
    Very Cool Martin!

    Too much to do to even look at Forth. I wish I had bought it with my old Color Computer, then I wouldn't be scared?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-09-10 11:31
    Congrats, Martin_H! FInally some of the recognition you so richly deserve. Now that you've had a taste of fame, do a project that PAYS... do a project and writeup for SERVO magazine!
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,241
    edited 2014-09-10 11:58
    Nice job Martin!
  • vanmunchvanmunch Posts: 568
    edited 2014-09-12 10:29
    Great job!
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