Genius Bar signage

Brief:

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Prototyping:

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Product:

CNC Router

How it works: It uses different drill bits to make different cuts. Also, you would use a computer to program the cut or image you want the machine to cut out and how to cut it. For this project we used inkscape to create the image we want and uploaded it to a thumb drive as a DXF. Then we uploaded it into the machines program. The machine has an x, y, and z-axis. It works on two programs called VCarve and Shopbot, VCarve gives you the ability to input your design and shopbot allows you to start the design.

Safety

Wear safety glasses

wear ear protection

secure your material with screws or clamps

Design around your screws of clamps

vacuum the wood particles up

Here is the code the controls the neo

// NeoPixel Ring simple sketch (c) 2013 Shae Erisson

// Released under the GPLv3 license to match the rest of the

// Adafruit NeoPixel library

#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>

#ifdef __AVR__

#include <avr/power.h> // Required for 16 MHz Adafruit Trinket

#endif

// Which pin on the Arduino is connected to the NeoPixels?

#define PIN 6 // On Trinket or Gemma, suggest changing this to 1

// How many NeoPixels are attached to the Arduino?

#define NUMPIXELS 20 // Popular NeoPixel ring size

// When setting up the NeoPixel library, we tell it how many pixels,

// and which pin to use to send signals. Note that for older NeoPixel

// strips you might need to change the third parameter -- see the

// strandtest example for more information on possible values.

Adafruit_NeoPixel pixels(NUMPIXELS, PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);

#define DELAYVAL 500 // Time (in milliseconds) to pause between pixels

void setup() {

// These lines are specifically to support the Adafruit Trinket 5V 16 MHz.

// Any other board, you can remove this part (but no harm leaving it):

#if defined(__AVR_ATtiny85__) && (F_CPU == 16000000)

clock_prescale_set(clock_div_1);

#endif

// END of Trinket-specific code.

pixels.begin(); // INITIALIZE NeoPixel strip object (REQUIRED)

}

void loop() {

pixels.clear(); // Set all pixel colors to 'off'

// The first NeoPixel in a strand is #0, second is 1, all the way up

// to the count of pixels minus one.

for(int i=0; i<NUMPIXELS; i++) { // For each pixel...

// pixels.Color() takes RGB values, from 0,0,0 up to 255,255,255

// Here we're using a moderately bright green color:

pixels.setPixelColor(i, pixels.Color(0, 150, 0));

pixels.show(); // Send the updated pixel colors to the hardware.

delay(DELAYVAL); // Pause before next pass through loop

}

}