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X_Digger

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7. Hehe, thanks! Most of my tinkering involves my tank..
Sat Feb 23, 2013, 12:41 PM
Feb 2013

I wrote a tcl script to scrape the stats from my tank controller and they get pushed to the scrolling sign in my office..



And I made a service that others with tank controllers can use to generate signatures for forum posts..






eta: I eventually want to make a set of rails for the stepper motors, to move the camera itself up and down, left and right, rather than just having it pivot from the same fixed point.

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This is cool. Is this eventually going to be pointed at the fish? limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #1
Yup! X_Digger Feb 2013 #2
Very cool. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #3
truly awesome. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #4
Python- it seemed to be the quickest to bring up. X_Digger Feb 2013 #5
good choice imo Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #8
Well hacked, sir! Recursion Feb 2013 #6
Hehe, thanks! Most of my tinkering involves my tank.. X_Digger Feb 2013 #7
We got bored, so... X_Digger Apr 2013 #9
A small update.. X_Digger Oct 2013 #10
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