The Scheme

Current Plan

What are we currently working on.

Plotter

Have a working plotter with a pen being able to draw pictures.

GUI

Add a GUI for easy interaction for the user.

Code

Reformat the code to allow for easier integration with new ideas.

Future Ideas

Ideas for how the project can grow.

Proper g-code

Currently it just uses a custom point-to-point plotting system.
G-code is a standard interface between programs and plotters.
It idea is to implement this standard into the program to allow for better integration with other programs.

Possible engraver

Currently it moves a pen around to draw pictures. What stops us from putting an engraver on that?

Colour-changing mechanism

Only one colour, I think not.
Kinda self-explanatory, it changes the colour of the pen to draw different colours.

Rasberry Pi for end-to-end systems (no laptop or Arduino)

Having a Rasberry Pi to process the file and control the plotter.

Draw an image from an image

Having a camera take a picture, process that image, and draw it with the plotter.

Zen sand bowl

Using the plotter to move a magnetic ball to draw patterns in sand.