When I encountered a trend at maker festivals of giving out “maker chips”, which look like custom poker chips bearing logos and QR codes, I knew I wanted to get on the bandwagon. I appreciate that the form factor of a poker chip makes it easy to store and display, which make them great swag for promoting a project.
To make your own chip, git clone this repo: git@github.com:goldfishlaser/poker-chip.git
NOTE: The SVGs (your QR code and logo) will replace the ones in the “images” folder and the scad folder contains the poker-chip.scad file that you will use to generate the STL.
You can create QR codes by entering the URL into a QR Code generator. There are a wide variety of QR code generators out there, but there are some things to keep in mind: · The SVG dimensions should be [Insert Dimensions here] · The QR code should be no smaller than 2 cm x 2 cm (0.8" x 0.8") · If it is possible to shorten your URL, do so, because the more characters are in your URL, the more pixels must be used to encode it · Some URL generators will allow you to generate rounder shapes, choose the rounder shapes to improve printability. · Save your QR code as an SVG file in your image folder.
If you do not have an SVG of your logo handy, you can create an SVG from a PNG.
- Open your PNG or JPEG in Inkscape
- Go to Path > Trace Bitmap
- Turn on Live Preview using the checkbox
- Adjust Brightness cutoff Threshold: until the image looks good to you
- Uncheck box for Keep Original Image.
- Click OK
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