It runs on an Arduino Pro Mini knockoff and an RTC module for the sake of simplicity. [Lee] chained NeoPixel strips together in five rows of eight, which allowed him to use a 3×5 font to display ...

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Both the motor and the encoder are connected to an Arduino Pro Mini which receives step and direction commands from the printer controller.