Dingbot Prime and Deuce Dingbot (Girl Genius)

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Dingbot design for Agatha Heterodyne's Dingbot Prime and Deuce Dingbot (Girl Genius). Modeled after Professors Foglio and Foglio Heterodyne Journals, Volume 10, page 88 http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100804#.XsM7sxNKhZ0 and page 89 http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100806#.XsM7yxNKhZ0. Also based on Volume 9, page 26 http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090316#.XsM7JBNKhZ0. Secondary sources include: * https://girlgenius.fandom.com/wiki/Dingbot_Prime * https://girlgenius.fandom.com/wiki/Deuce_Dingbot For the animated eye, uses: * Circuit Playground Bluefruit -https://www.adafruit.com/product/4333 * TFT Gizmo https://www.adafruit.com/product/4367 * Lithium-Ion Polymer Battery https://www.adafruit.com/product/4237 (optional if want to run for 20-30 minutes without USB power) Parts for Dingbot Prime: * body - dingbot_prime_body_v105.stl * back cover - dingbot_back_cover_rtangle.stl, dingbot_back_cover_closed_rtangle.stl, or dingbot_back_cover_closed_no_usb_full_depth.stl * winder - dingbot_prime_winder.stl * chain link - dingbot_chain_link.stl for dingbot_chain_link_thick.stl * 2x feet - dingbot_foot.stl * 2x hands - from: dingbot_hand_l.stl dingbot_hand_open.stl, digbot_hand_r.stl dingbot_posable_hand.stl * 2x short limbs (attach between body limbs and hands or feet) - dingbot_limb.stl * 4x long limbs (attach to body) - dingbot_limb_long.stl * eye (if not using electronics) - dingbot_nogizmo_eye.stl * chain loop (optional) - dingbot_tiny_chain_loop.stl Parts for Deuce Dingbot: * body - dingbot_body_v104.stl * back cover - dingbot_back_cover_rtangle.stl, dingbot_back_cover_closed_rtangle.stl, or dingbot_back_cover_closed_no_usb_full_depth.stl * winder - dingbot_winder.stl * 2x feet - dingbot_foot.stl * 2x hands (attach to body) - from: dingbot_long_open_hand.stl dingbot_posable_hand_long.stl * 2x long limbs (attach to body) - dinbot_limb_long.stl * eye (if not using electronics) - dingbot_nogizmo_eye.stl Assembly Notes: * Pictures include key assembly steps, roughly in order. * TFT gizmo should fit snuggly in rectangle in body; trim body if necessary. * Fit of whole gizmo/circuit-express stack is tight in body. * Main joints are designed to insert 90 degrees from operation and then slide back into place for normal use. * Also need to add to lib: adafruit_display_shapes (install like adfruit_display_text in instructions above) * copy dingbot_eye_v9.py here to CIRCUITPY/code.py on your circuit playground bluefruit (looks like their most recent setup changes thing and _v7, _v8 won't work with it; _v9 updated 9/4/2020) Animated eye operation on Circuitplayground: * slide switch center back (D7) controls if Dingbot blinks * reset switch in center back to reset (maybe useful to wakeup after drain power on battery) Instructions for printed eye: * On Prusa, set to change print filament for pupil (white to black) * use M600 * dingbot_nogizmo_eye.stl with Simplify3D and 0.2mm layers, I put before layer 42 out of 49 layers * Eye pops into rectangle where TFT gizmo would otherwise go To build from scad, you may want Write.scad: * https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:16193 * dingbot_body.scad assumes in same directory with associated write directory