Are you familiar with raspberry pi?

I’m familiar with it, but the majority of my mechatronic needs can be met with an arduino for a fraction of the price. I’m actually looking into a couple Raspberry Pi projects right now (an NAS and a jailbroken arcade console) that I’m very excited about, given how well the Raspberry Pi would perform in these areas. I’d like to point out that I’m already fairly familiar with the Linux CLI thanks to books, coursework, and internet resources such as virtual machines.

Why didn’t you just script the CNC path splitter into a program that uses the computers internal processor?

At the time that the code was initially developed, my resources were limited. Arduino was an accessible, comfortable platform to develop the tool on. I do hope to remake it in python soon, but it’s not very high on my priority list, given that this program has performed very reliably. That and it would be pretty time consuming to redevelop it in a different language without any significant benefit.

Are you familiar with CAD?

Currently, expanding on the field of computer aided design is at the top of my priority list. I realize that, although my minor didn’t provide any emphasis on this, it is an extremely lucrative skill for both professional and personal use. The only CAD platforms that I am familiar with at the moment is kiCAD and a bit of tinkercad. I would like to mention, though, that I am a big fan of 3D printing, and run a Creality Ender 3 at home. I am currently working to transition to Fusion 360, and will hopefully have a work example soon.

What kind of hardware are you running at home?

Most of my personal work is done using an HP pavilion laptop, just for the portability. I am currently in the process of building a desktop; so far I have a K-series i7 processor, an inland 512GB SSD, and an AORUS Z590 ELITE AX gaming motherboard. It’s a work in progress. Also, as a side note, I found a very interesting 8-bit breadboard computer build kit, not very much use functionally but I highly recommend looking at Ben Eater’s YouTube page for anyone curious about computer science for fun.