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G[-Code]oy-Stick

Upcycled GamePort Joystick. Arduino Nano based Bluetooth communication sending G-Code to a 3d-printer.

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This project was created on 03/12/2020 and last updated 5 years ago.

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This old GamePort Joystick came back to life including a big light show.

With it you can manipulate the position of a focused laserbeam including the operation status of the laser itself. While sending several G-Codes for movement (xyz), fan-spin (on/off), and activation of the relative movement mode of the 3d-printer (for reasons) its a nice toy to use a strong (500mW) and focused laser safely. "Why would you need the z-axis ?" one might ask. it's a "nice to have" when placing objects different heights

I'm plaing to include a sd-card slot so a gcode.txt could be read and transmitted to the printer line by line. Until then there is a several g-code hardcoded onto the nano, witch can be send by switching the turbo-button on and off again.

The old 3d-printer is a project itself. I might post it soon.
here it is: https://hackaday.io/project/171275-robo-laser-2d

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Tom Nardi wrote 08/27/2021 at 05:59 • point

Is that a transparent version of the joystick they based the mines in Goldeneye on?

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j wrote 08/27/2021 at 07:28 • point

That joystick was a 1990ies gameport device. I just looked it up and it looks exactly like that !

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