The original Orb was a simple thing; a BlinkM on the end of a long piece of telephone cable plugged into an Arduino, controlled by the low-powered Linux server behind my TV that’s always on.
But it was largely a one-off; not something that could be packaged up as a Thing.
Since then, I’ve been slowly developing the idea in to a Thing. It is still a work in progress, but you can read about it in the posts below.
- 06 Feb 2012 – Reintroducing the Orb
- 27 Mar 2012 – Orb: Introduction
- 02 Apr 2012 – Orb: The LED Board
- 08 Apr 2012 – Orb: Fading the LEDs
- 30 Jul 2012 – Orb: The Middle Board
- 01 Aug 2012 – Orb: The Bottom Board
- 23 Aug 2012 – Orb: The Base
Mark Hindess • September 8, 2012
Nick, Have you got a source file for the base? An STL file perhaps? I’m curious how long it might take to print on my latest 3D printer.
nick • September 8, 2012
Hi Mark – I’ve only got the svg file for the laser cutter – https://github.com/knolleary/multi-channel-orb/tree/master/cad
But it would be interesting to see what a 3D printed version looks like. Do you have any recommendations for creating STL files on linux?
Mark Hindess • September 9, 2012
Are all the parts in the svg file oriented the same way? What order to they stack up? I assume top to bottom of the page is top to bottom, top row goes left to right and bottom 2 rows are right to left?
I’d create the model with openscad either from scratch or by stacking the slices after converting each slice to dxf like this:
http://repraprip.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/inkscape-to-openscad-dxf-tutorial.html
I might have a try later if I get time.
nick • September 9, 2012
Yes, they are oriented the same way and you’ve figured out the right order. I’ll have a look at openscad to see if I can put something together.
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