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Re: Replacement screen

Dave! Sorry I missed this message. I've got a bit of a stash of older screens and things so will have a look and see, but I'm moving house at the moment and it's all a bit manic right now. Appreciate...

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Replacement screen

Hello Sandy. The screen on my beloved polargraph has died - one of my grandkids whacked it with a bat , the machine itself still works but the display shows crazy graphics it's no deal breaker as it...

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Polargraph controller Motor distance

I use the polargraph controller for my plotter , everything works great , only when I want to send the pen to the center of my sheet , it starts but after 1 or 2 cm the motors stop How can I change...

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Re: Drawbots from around the web

GRAFFOMAT by Niklas Roy (royrobotiks) https://github.com/royrobotiks/Graffomat

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Re: Drawbots from around the web

PlottyBot by Ben Akrin (BenMcLulz on Thingiverse) https://ben.akrin.com/?page_id=9650#Build_Instructions https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4698251...

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Re: Melt: New Polargraph Controller is now an app

hi, i tried but i think it have not worked . if you send me an email i send you the terminal response ramona.raimond@gmail.com

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Re: Good Starter pack for an XY vertical plotter ?

Hey thanks for the fast reply ! Sorry, I mistaken , I don't want to build an XY but a vertical plotter actually. So can I'll stay here on this forum if it's the good place ? About motors, I've made...

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Re: How to ask for help

Hi this sounds like it might be a power supply issue. Does the Arduino restart? When the motors start moving, they often draw a lot of current, which sometimes starves the microprocessor of power and...

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Re: Good Starter pack for an XY vertical plotter ?

Hi there, looks like a decent wee kit. I can't tell from the listing what kind of motors they are though, it says simply 4401. If that 4401 indicates nema-17hs4401 like these...

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Good Starter pack for a vertical plotter ?

Hi everybody ! I really want to try to make an XY plotter. Am a noob and everything is new for me. So please, can you tell me if this can be a good starter pack and does everything will be ok ? I saw...

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Re: How to ask for help

Hello I start to build a polargraph with a arduino uno and l293d driver with a clone of adafruit motorshield v1, the firmware and controles are the last versión, I follow the steps from many places....

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Re: Image processing for Norwegian pixel

Thanks Sandy I might start taking photos with my camera instead of iPhone so I have control over how things come out. 3 days ? You are patient

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Re: Polarshield v3 always generate touch event

Hi! Thanks for your quick reply! I ordered few boards with your schematic from the factory and assembled it by myself. Thanks for your help, I will try to play with params from...

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Re: Polarshield v3 always generate touch event

Hi! Is it from parts you bought from me or one you've made up yourself? It's been a while since I dug into it, but I think the board does need to be fully populated with a screen otherwise there's some...

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Polarshield v3 always generate touch event

Hello! I'm trying to build my polargraph with Polarshield v3 based on ESP-32. I flashed it with binaries from github [https://github.com/euphy/polargraph_server_polarshield_esp32/tree/master/binaries]....

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Re: Image processing for Norwegian pixel

Ah right, got you. I don't remember doing anything special, but the most recent drawings I did using this style were all too faint - now you mention it. So they look overexposed, too much paper and not...

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Re: Image processing for Norwegian pixel

I guess I didn't express my problem correctly. I don't have a problem getting my Polargraph to draw the images , it does that fine. It's that I don't get the sort of definition/contrast I am hoping...

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Re: Image processing for Norwegian pixel

DaveO - I wonder if you're bumping into issues about file formats. What actually happens? Although the machine looks for PBM files, it's actually PGM format that needs to be inside it. PGM is greyscale...

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Re: Image processing for Norwegian pixel

Hi there. I am 62 and have download the software but have no idea how to open it. Do you not have a windows base version please.

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Image processing for Norwegian pixel

Hi Sandy. Thank you for the many hours of enjoyment I have had playing with my Polargraph. I really like the Norwegian pixel style but my results are a bit hit and miss. I think it may be I'm not...

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