Egg-bot:
About 10 years ago I was asking myself what I could do with the two stepper
motors that I had learned to control. No matter how excited I
was over the potential of being able to precisely control motion, others
remained relatively unimpressed at the sight of two motor shafts swiveling
back and forth. Easter was coming, and my kids were talking
about egg-coloring-- suddenly I had an application! My first
motion-control device was built from junk parts and a few stolen pieces
from my kids' toy chest.
We will be building essentially the same device, with a slightly improved
design.
To begin, lets look at our assortment of parts:
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