Creating With Code

Recently (thanks to the Internet), I figured out how to remote control a digital camera over USB using CHDK. However, if I wanted my MakerBot to be able to automatically control that camera, I needed a way to wire it up!
CHDK’s remote USB trigger functionality works by detecting when it receives power over USB.  This [...]

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One problem with making time-lapse videos of MakerBot prints is the fact that the MakerBot works by moving the build platform (and therefore the object being built) around in the XY plane, resulting in an unwatchable blur.
It recently occurred to me that, since the MakerBot is such a hackable platform, I could probably make nice [...]

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