With #3DPrinting being so accessible and #PCB manufacturing being reasonably inexpensive, I wonder how much I'm underestimating how difficult it would be to design and build a fully #FOSS #game console. I'm thinking something reminiscent of the #NES; I'm not trying to compete with modern consoles.
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#OpenSCAD question:
if in wanted to emboss text around the outer rounded edge of a cylinder, how would I go about doing that? I don't know how to transform an object on a curve like that.
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Could you use path_text() from #BOSL2? github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2/wi….
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The Belfry OpenScad Library, v2.0. An OpenSCAD library of shapes, masks, and manipulators to make working with OpenSCAD easier. BETA - BelfrySCAD/BOSL2GitHub
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Something that would solve this problem would be if the language supported a transform that would take a function as an input (either a name or some kind of lambda) that would take a set of coordinates as an input and return a modified set of coordinates. It would then apply this transformation to each vertex of its children.
I wonder if there's a market for someone who can convert a schematic drawing (or rough sketch) to an STL file for #3DPrinting on a freelance basis. I'm getting to be pretty decent at it, and it's kinda fun.
I'm pretty sure there's probably already some AI garbage that purports to do so.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •So go for it. 🙃
Shae Erisson
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •I think I've seen one or two. I guess the FPGA consoles don't count?
The open consoles are minimal, maybe you want something more powerful?
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Kevin Karhan
in reply to Jon Sharp • • •If #8bitGuy didn't go with #Commodore- #BASIC and stuff it would be somewhat feasible to design a #CommanderX16 - Style system and just laser-cut/CNC-mill the top and bottom layer PCB traces from a double-side copper-plated fiberglass circuit board, and do the rest like Vias and sockets and components in through-hole fashion.
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in reply to Kevin Karhan • •Kevin Karhan
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •personally that's a bit too old for me, but I'm a #Millenial, so I'd rather do some #i486 machine instead...
github.com/os-1337/tiny486
I'm just convinced I can't do "Isolation Routing" on #PCI & #ISA buses.
GitHub - OS-1337/tiny486: Reference System for OS/1337 on i486
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •do it.
bring on the 8-bit retro-revolution! 😀
Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to Digit • •@Digit At the moment, I'm very broke and my executive function sucks since I'm off ADHD meds, so it'll probably take forever for me to finish, but It's something I want to do.
It does look like someone's beaten me to it, but I'm not trying to be the first, just to enjoy the challenge.
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Digit
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Yup. Several have.
And indeed. It's the adventure, the learning, the creating, more than the having.
(and yeah, I hear ya on the executive functioning fails... I've never yet had medication for my ADHD (not even officially diagnosed), this place is a mess... and yet, when the idea struck, and I followed the inspiration, the whim, at the start of this month, much to my astonishment, I made a fin, from zero to proof of concept, in less than a week, and development continues... ks392457.kimsufi.com/drnw/fin.… | codeberg.org/Digit/fin/ | youtu.be/dhJaNQi8400 😮 ... So it happens when it happens. #ADHD -> #VAST 😁 )
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