Dear all,
I am delighted to announce a new Slicer extension: ArduinoController.
It can be installed by using the extension manager of any nightly version of Slicer.
By using this extension it is possible to send and receive data from Arduino boards.
The GUI offers the possibility to send messages and to show/plot the data coming from the microcontroller.
If the user wants to develop his own application, sending and receiving data from Arduino, this can be done via python code. This is the webpage of the project, that includes also a basic documentation.
Any feedback is more than welcomed and we hope this extension could help your work.
Finally, we would like to thank how provided important suggestions (@Davide_Punzo and @pieper in principal), as well as all the people that attended the breakout session during the last project week.
The idea is to use Arudino for fast (and cheap) prototyping, educational purpose and not “complex” tasks.
For 3D navigation I would definitely suggest something like SlicerIGT.