![]() The final result is a fun LED toy that, unlike a real Etch-A-Sketch, you can play in the dark. There’s also an MPU6050 accelerometer board, used to enable the intuitive shake-to-clear functionality. Two encoders are used to recreate the famous Etch-A-Sketch interface, hooked up to an Arduino Nano that then communicates encoder data to the Pi over I2C, due to the limited GPIOs available. The build uses a Raspberry Pi to run the show, with a 64×64 LED matrix hooked up to the GPIO pins serving as a display. The inherent limitations of being able to only draw a singular, connected line are all part of the fun, of course, and recreated that in a modern, LED form. Some grew capable of creating masterful artworks, while others struggled to do more than a jumbled mess of angry, angular lines. The Etch-A-Sketch was a toy that demanded mastery. Posted in Arduino Hacks, LED Hacks Tagged arduino, arduino nano, etch a sketch, RGB LED If you’re not much of an artist, here’s a TV-sized Etch-a-Sketch build that can draw by itself. The enclosure is four sheets of 6mm MDF glued together, and we like the use of protoboard to distribute GND and 5 V in the name of keeping the thing slim. Inside the requisite red enclosure with white knobs are an Arduino Nano and a 16×16 RGB LED matrix. And while we’re dreaming up improvements, it would be awesome to add an accelerometer so you could shake it clear like a standard Etch-a-Sketch. We hope one of the colors is setting it back to darkness in case you screw up. Push the left encoder down and it cycles through eight color choices, or push the right one down to go through them backwards. But this wouldn’t be a 21st century toy without newfangled features. The familiar movements are there - the left knob moves the cursor left and right, and the right knob moves it up and down. Instead of scraping aluminum powder off of plastic by driving a stylus on an x-y gantry with a pair of knobs, this bad boy uses rotary encoders to move the cursor around and put down squares of colored light. is bringing the Etch-a-Sketch into the 21st century while at the same time, bringing an even bigger air of mystery, at least for the normies. All of my friends calling me during the show and sending me pictures of their paused TVs was amazing.We never did crack open our Etch-a-Sketch, but we did scrape out a window large enough to really check out the mechanism inside. ![]() The commercial first aired during the first break of the Walking Dead season opener. “They compiled a bunch of the art and made a teaser for their fall lineup. “AMC reached out to people who made fan art for their shows,” she says. Her designs have even been featured on mtv.com and in a commercial on the AMC network. While pets are her favorite subjects to sketch, Watt’s Instagram is also full of Dallas-centric designs, including the skyline, the Pegasus sign, The Kessler, Truck Yard and the McKinney Avenue Trolley.īut Watt’s work has reached more than just a local audience. Now, Watt’s Etch A Sketch collection has grown to more than 70 pieces, with another 100 ready for commission. I got my first one in my Christmas stocking as a freshman in high school.” “I never had an Etch A Sketch as a child. “I picked up the Etch A Sketch my sophomore year of high school on a road trip with my mother and aunt,” Watt says. After practicing the medium for nearly 16 years, she’s even mastered a method of disassembling the product to preserve a picture. ![]() When she’s not working full time in digital advertising, and part time in a funeral home, Watt can be found crafting commissioned pet portraits in Etch A Sketch form. "I love that I can have two or three small Etch A Sketches in my purse or on my desk at work and if there is ever a lull in conversation I can pull one out and have an instant conversation piece." - Samantha Watt tweet this our group.” The group has about 40 members, and I'd say the top 10 in the world are in “The group is an odd variety of people some dedicate their life to the toy, and some of us do it on the side. “The Etch A Sketch community is full of all walks of life, but we come together because we draw decently on a children’s toy,” Watt says. To some people, these two-knob contraptions are simply nostalgic, but to Watt, they are high-end, niche art. In photos, themed Etch A Sketch toys - Hello Kitty, Shrek, Mickey Mouse - surround the Dallas resident. Watt is also a proficient Etch A Sketch artist. However, her role as a funeral home director is not her most peculiar one. Samantha Watt has worked in the business of burials for more than 10 years.
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