Project by Michael; PiicoDev Sketcher - An interactive sketching toy!

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I’ve just shared a new project: “PiicoDev Sketcher”

The PiicoDev Sketcher is a fun, interactive toy reminiscent of sketching toys from my childhood. The user draws an image using the two knobs - one for X-control and the other for Y. Turning one knob at a time produces horizontal or vertical lines. The real magic is when you turn both together - creating diagonal or curved lines. Clear the sketch by shaking it!

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Is it possible to draw any specific human face using the Picodev sketcher?

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Hi Roo
I would imagine that would depend on your artistic talents.
Cheers Bob

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New piicodev modules!

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I see. I’d love to make Elon musk’s face. Thanks.

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Awesome !
Where’s the “add BoM to cart” button ?

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Thanks! For now you’ll have to add them separately - but if there’s enough interest we could put together a bundle to make things easier :smiley:

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I wasn’t suggesting a new SKU, just a single button that adds all those parts to your cart with a single click. Then you could still delete individual items if you didn’t need to buy them.

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I am running the sketcher-code.py script that you posted for this and I am getting the following in return:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 6, in <module>
  File "PiicoDev_Potentiometer.py", line 6, in <module>
  File "PiicoDev_Unified.py", line 1
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I have tried the PiicoDev_Potentiometer.py file on the Potentiometer guide page as well as the this page. Same with the PiicoDev_Unified.py file. I noticed they are different file sizes. I had a similar message for the accelerometer that I fixed by doing the above.

Any help will be great. This is the first project, still feeling good about this.

Cheers

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Hey @Beau219629 - weird that you’re running into this issue.
I re-downloaded the source files and they seem to work fine - albeit I had to also download PiicoDev_LIS3DH.py separately (I forgot to include this in the original file upload. fixed now)

Are you working with a Raspberry Pi Pico?
Can you share a photograph of your setup?

It appears there is a syntax error in your copy of Unified. Have you modified this file at all?

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Hey! Awesome project. Will this exact code and setup by any chance work with the microbit v2?

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Hey @Ezra224017, welcome to the forums :slight_smile: I haven’t tested this project on a microbit. It’s possible, but won’t be as pleasing as on a Pico.

The framerate will be significantly slower. What’s more, the microbit as very little spare memory so we distribute “minified” versions of the device modules (PiicoDev_SSD1306.py, PiicoDev_Potentiometer.py) on each tutorial page. Even with the minified files the micro:bit usually only supports a couple of PiicoDev Modules. This project may overwhelm the microbit’s memory.