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Adafruit DotStar Digital LED Strip - Waterproof?

Hello,I wanted to know if the adafruit led strip is waterproof,and if not, can you recommend me of one? thanks,Amit

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"Failed to connect to EggBot. :("

I am setting up a new Eggbot but I am seeing a  "Failed to connect to EggBot. :(" error whenever I try to apply anything in the Inkscape Eggbot Controller.  I am able to see the Eggbot controller board...

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need software link for EBP (please)

I gave my wife an EggBotPro for Christmas and am setting it up. The link to software is evilmadscientist.com/ebp and i get a page not found error.I haven't been able to find the download anywhere else...

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Can't install on macOS Sierra, says it requires ink space 0.47 or newer, but...

Refuses to install :-(Any ideas?

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atmega164 pinouts help

I am looking at the Octolivley schematic and i am wondering if it matters which visible Led pin goes with a IR receiver pin on the atmega164 IC?

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Atmega 164

I wondering if i could get some help about the pinouts on the Octolivley atmega 164 microcontroller. The pins that drive the visible LEDS, are they controlled by voltage or current?

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Love the Mega Menorah 9000! ... but might have overheated mine?

Does anyone have any suggestions about what's a reasonable length of time that the MM9000 should be able to be plugged in and running without overheating the components? I'm wondering if I might have...

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Robopaint - create/edit drawing doesn't seem to work

Hi there,My students and I have a new WaterBot in our library, and although we've been able to successfully print the canned images that come in the RoboPaint software, when we try to create our own...

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Laser on Eggbot

Hi everyone.I saw a video where a guy hooks up a laserdiode on the eggbot.How can i do this i found absolutly nothing on google. Can i connect the laser with the eibotboard?Wfg

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possible workflow? .tex => .dvi => .svg => Inkscape => AxiDraw

Hello,is it possible to print a text that is layouted with LaTeX (.tex) with AxiDraw?You can convert .tex to .dvi and then to .svg and import it to Inkscape.Can anyone check this workflow?Thanks,Matthias

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new Inkscape 0.92?

Does AxiDraw work with the new Inkscape 0.92?

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HersheyText Addon Inkscape

Hi,I'm interested in the Axidraw to write "handwritten" cards to my customers. I have a couple of questions that i would like to have answered before the i place the order.1. Single line fontsI...

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Servo on robotic arm causing power glitch

I made a PCB to control 6 servos (MK 996) on a robotic arm. The board also supplies two LCD/touch modules. The device is controlled by a Teensy 3.2. When I drive a couple servos the LCD panels blip. I...

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Failed to connect to EggBot. :(

Hi,I am trying to make my first plot and I keep getting this error message.  I tried "Check EBB Version" and get the same error.  I am running:mac OS Sierra 10.12.2Inkscape 0.91EggBot2.7.1._Macwith EBB...

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Octolively Board

Can anyone suggest what frequency crystal resonator to use with the Octolively board?

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Is It Broken?

Hey all,Received my Axidraw yesterday, very excited to unbox it and get going. Setup, tried to run on a mac to no avail! Overtime I tried to open Inkscape, the Quarkx programme would open over the top,...

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I want to know more about the EBB in detail.

How to easily type commands to EBB using a terminal emulator, or write my own application to send commands for moving the stepper motors(moving the Axidraw)? I want to know more about the board in...

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Difficulty installing inkscape extensions

Axidraw arrived today.I had an older version of inkdscape already on my MAC Book Pro (OSX 10.9.5), but used  "AxiDraw_Mac_v122.dmg" to overwrite it.Axidraw does not show up on the extensions...

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Pen Up / Pen Down

Can I get a 5V signal from the ebb board (or elsewhere) that corresponds to either pen up or pen down?New Axidraw woks fine, by the way.

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How to do to prevent a 556 timer IC from becoming too hot?

HII’ve built a circuit. Here’s the schemic:The values used allowed me to have intervals from about a half-second all the way up to nearly a minute. The drive or "high" time controlled by the monostable...

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