Gcode 2d-plotter

Hacking old 2d data plotters to make art...

First tries

USB to Analog

Based on GCodeToAnalog by GaudiLabs modded grbl firmware.

Uploading the code to Arduino Micro:

avrdude -c stk500v1 -p atmega32u4 -P /dev/ttyACM0 -b19200 -U flash:w:/home/dusjagr/Documents/SGMK/gcode_plotter/GCodeToAnalog-master/grbl-atmega32u4-support-8c_analog/grbl.hex

grbl settings and more

https://github.com/grbl/grbl/wiki/Interfacing-with-Grbl

Create gcode from Inkscape

Installing gcodetools extenstion for Inkscape.

Send to plotter

Installing UGS (UniversalGcodeSender), standalone Java program multiplatform.

First results

painting a coconut

the horned god