EthASketch

Plotter Main Page

Project Name

EthASketch

Project Tagline/Description (140 Characters Max. Will be used on table card for judging)

Instantly sketch collaboratively on the Ethereum blockchain while also instructing a IRL handmade 2d plotter to see everyone's doodles.

Team Members. First and Last Names

Iain Nash

Status.im ID for Each Team Member (we will use this to contact you and your team)

https://get.status.im/user/0x042f4f62a710aea5ac4dc12499671a319ca9f34283bf550a87ddcfa00183128598c83cdbfd8b81fb40335348fa018454b97e2e08052ab0ae98b522889ee2b16d51

Detailed Project Description (no more than 3-4 sentences)

Sketch online collaboratively and have those sketches made in real life with a plotter streamed online. The interface is simple and retro. Imposing creative restrictions like an etch-a-sketch (by only allowing lines to be plotted, and by making many lines curves and other shapes can be formed) pushes participants to be creative with a level playing field of just submitting sketches to the blockchain.

The 2d plotter was built using two stepper motors, a fan for pen control, custom 3d printed spools, custom arduino firmware that would connect the controllers over Websockets to a browser through a stable server, and finally a web admin interface to bridge blockchain submissions for the plotter to instructions for the plotter over MQTT (along with centering, calibration, etc).

Once a sketch is done and setup, the organizers can "clear" the canvas by setting a new point to fetch from for the smart contract. By using a combination of Fortamatic and the graph, users can participate both with or without a web3 browser on our platform.

View the sketch site live at: https://iainnash.github.io/ethasketch/

Below is a view of the plotter controller:

Plotter controller

Full view

Describe your tech stack (e.g., protocols, languages, API’s, etc.)

Track for which you’re submitting (Open or Impact)

Open

All Bounties Completed/Incorporated

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