Ping Pong Printer! :)

[ilusion]

PingPongPrinter

The subject of a recent article in Nuts and Volts, the PingPongPrinter was inspired by the need to find a low-cost "ammo" source for the Ponginator our Ping Pong Ball shooting robot.

The resulting device uses a Prop-2 to power four servos, a gear head motor, three strings of LEDs, a CCFT light and a Serial Inkjet kit! It was a lot of fun to make and produces a seemingly endless supply of Spherical Business Cards. ;) You can see a video of the device in action here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ep5OC3E02I

Or pick up the current issue of Nuts and Volts to read about it there. Here's some photos that I didn't use in the article as the article went to press before the unit was really done. :)

http://picasaweb.google.com/VernGraner/PingPongPrinter

Let me know if you have any questions. :)

Vern

[JonnyMac]

Very cool project, Vern.  Interestingly enough... it was John Barrowman (hardware design and PCB layout) and yours truly (SX firmware) who designed the [original] ink jet module while we were at Parallax, so you've got lots of Team EFX in your project. 

Again, way cool.

[menehune]

Cool!  If I build one and put in a color cartridge, can I print full color pictures on the ping pong balls? ;D

[livinlowe]

Vern-
I just read about this(in my nuts and volts). Awesome job!

[avgjoefriday]

This is completely ingenious ;-)  What a crafty mind you have!