Hello all
I am about to design an XYZ plotter which needs to get vectors from a computer terminal and send data via UART to a hardware setup w/ stepper motors which will draw the plot on paper.
I need some ideas how this can be done.I need following
1)The input method on the PC software,which can be existing popular software like say Autocad (or anything other?)
2)Converting the coordinates to a text file or hex which can be sent over the UART.
3)The data can be read by a MCU h/w setup which then transfers the hex coordinates to physical motion via stepper motors.
Can someone share something on these points?Only ideas can be good or if somewhere someone has already worked which i can use as a reference.
Please get back with valuable ideas
Thanks
I am about to design an XYZ plotter which needs to get vectors from a computer terminal and send data via UART to a hardware setup w/ stepper motors which will draw the plot on paper.
I need some ideas how this can be done.I need following
1)The input method on the PC software,which can be existing popular software like say Autocad (or anything other?)
2)Converting the coordinates to a text file or hex which can be sent over the UART.
3)The data can be read by a MCU h/w setup which then transfers the hex coordinates to physical motion via stepper motors.
Can someone share something on these points?Only ideas can be good or if somewhere someone has already worked which i can use as a reference.
Please get back with valuable ideas
Thanks