Tapster 2 Assembly

Acquiring parts and materials

• 3D Printing
• Purchasing non-printed parts

Tools

• Bolt cutter
• Digital caliper
• Drivers
• Vice
• Vice grips

Cutting threaded rods

Servo prep

"gotchas" around leveling

Magnets prep

• North vs South
• Marking with a pen
• Sorting

Assembly

• Stylus holder
• Lower arms
• Upper arms
• Upper arm to top plate
• Side plates to top plate
• Bottom plate to side plates
• Arduino component
• Shield to Arduino
• Servos to Shield
• Attach arms to body
• Grounding wire from stylus to body
• Base plate phone mount
• Connect Arduino to power
• Connect Arduino to computer (USB)

Software

• Arduino IDE
• Upload Blink sketch to Arduino
• Upload Standard Firmata to Arduino
• Install Node
• git checkout / npm install tapsterbot
• Run Tapster REPL (bot.js)
• Self-test
  • Draw box
  • Draw circle