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Weather plotter by jacoblytzen
by Thingiverse
Last crawled date: 4 years, 2 months ago
Heres our version of the plot clock, plotting the weather or anything else you like using API addresses. Our lightweight design is modern, and allows you to see the action inside the plotter through the rounded surface. The paper wrapped around the construction will slide across the front showing the things written on the paper by the plotter.
For instructions in how to assemble and calibrate the plot clock Follow the link http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:248009. We’ve made some small modifications on the height of the construction and adjusted the size of the pen holder (arm) so that it fits the pen we’ve used for our version. We recommend that you adjust the size in a manner that fits your own pen. Instead of using a pen and an eraser we have used a stepper motor and a paper roll. The stepper motor is calibrated to move every time a symbol is written and every time a message is done. We have made some additional clips, so that the paper will be tightly held down to the surface of the writing station. We have used and modified the arduino-sketch code from the plot clock so that it will not only write the time, but as well plot the weather using an api address and write whatever tweet you send to #machatronics. In addition to the basic code we have made a libery with letters that the servo motors can interpret as movements. We developed this system in collaboration with IBM in the DTU course Design of mechatronics to get an introduction to cnc based technologies. We’ve used their IBM software from http://nodered.org to communicate with a NodeMCU(esp8266) witch allows us to basically write whatever we want from an api address and onto paper with the plot robot.
All electrical wirering is led through holes in the back in into a box on the back, where the
nodeMCU is placed.
Our design is based on a simple system where everything is mounted to the back of the
construction. To minimise the use of bolts we’ve developed small “T” shaped pieces to mount
the pieces to the back part.
For instructions in how to assemble and calibrate the plot clock Follow the link http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:248009. We’ve made some small modifications on the height of the construction and adjusted the size of the pen holder (arm) so that it fits the pen we’ve used for our version. We recommend that you adjust the size in a manner that fits your own pen. Instead of using a pen and an eraser we have used a stepper motor and a paper roll. The stepper motor is calibrated to move every time a symbol is written and every time a message is done. We have made some additional clips, so that the paper will be tightly held down to the surface of the writing station. We have used and modified the arduino-sketch code from the plot clock so that it will not only write the time, but as well plot the weather using an api address and write whatever tweet you send to #machatronics. In addition to the basic code we have made a libery with letters that the servo motors can interpret as movements. We developed this system in collaboration with IBM in the DTU course Design of mechatronics to get an introduction to cnc based technologies. We’ve used their IBM software from http://nodered.org to communicate with a NodeMCU(esp8266) witch allows us to basically write whatever we want from an api address and onto paper with the plot robot.
All electrical wirering is led through holes in the back in into a box on the back, where the
nodeMCU is placed.
Our design is based on a simple system where everything is mounted to the back of the
construction. To minimise the use of bolts we’ve developed small “T” shaped pieces to mount
the pieces to the back part.