The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Arduino. Over the Christmas break from work I wanted to learn something new. I’ve been eyeing up Arduino for some time now, and for Christmas I got an Arduino UNO R3 board. What is Arduino? Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Source: Microcontroller Arduino is a microcontroller on a circuit board which makes it easy to receive inputs and drive outputs. A microcontroller is a integrated computer on a chip. Inputs Some examples of inputs would be a temperature sensor, a motion sensor, a distance sensor, a switch and so forth. Outputs Some examples of outputs would be a light, a screen, a motor and so forth. Arduino is a small computer that you can program to read and control electrical components connected to it.
Obtaining an Arduino Board Often boards are bundled up with starter kits. Tinkercad - Mind to design in minutes. The 3Doodler. 3D Design Software 101. 3D Design Software 101 While MakerBot operators are more than happy to print the tens of thousands of incredible objects posted to Thingiverse, eventually many want to get started designing models of their own. Your mission: to create a solid, manifold (watertight) STL-formatted file for importing into MakerWare or ReplicatorG. STL is the most widely used format for stereolithographic CAD files, so the design application options are vast. ReplicatorG also offers experimental file import capability for OBJ and Collada, two other widely used formats, although the files are then converted to STL, and MakerWare supports OBJ as well as STL.
Choosing your Hammer To get started building a model, you'll need some good tools. POV-ray (excellent tutorials here), FreeCAD, HeeksCAD, and Art of Illusion also have serious fans in the 3D printing world, too, but we haven't done much experimenting with them yet. But there's no need to spend upwards of $1k on design software. On your mark, get set... Go! SketchUp. Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects. Cubify - Express Yourself in 3D. Shapeways - Make, buy, and sell custom products with 3D Printing. Netfabb Basic. Netfabb Basic is available to anybody, it is free just like in free beer, and runs on Windows, Linux or Mac. netfabb Basic is not just a viewer, it provides mesh edit, repair and analysis capabilities to everyone already being or aspiring to become part of this fantastic, growing, creative, high-tech industry called Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping or 3D Printing. netfabb Basic is available and is just one click away.
Its compact size of only a few megabytes allows a quick download, an easy installation and the handling of STL and slice files within seconds. Due to its highly modular design, netfabb Basic includes a variety of useful features while staying the fast and effective viewing application it is meant to be. netfabb Basic features the same user interface as netfabb Professional and the *.fabbproject file standard of netfabb Studio is identical in both Basic and Professional. For a comparison of the features of netfabb Basic and netfabb Professional please click here. Vectorworks Trial Version Request. MaKey MaKey | Buy Direct (Official Site) Arduino Projects. The Maker Map || Find or Map Maker Resources. Technology 3D-Printing Instructables. Arduino - HomePage. Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects.