An old Arduino and Raspberry Pi typewriter as a printer

Despite the fact that the production of typewriters was stopped in all countries of the world (we mean old-type typewriters, without electronic components), some craftsmen still use these "devices" in their projects. So, the other day a project was presented, the essence of which is the transformation of a typewriter, moreover, an ancient one, into a printer that is used to print twitter messages from curious users of the Web.

Of course, a simple hardware requires some refinement in order for the design to become a reality. But for Michael Schwanzer, this is not a problem, and below you can see how it all works. Michael used both the Arduino board and the Raspberry Pi in his project. Malinka collects data from Twitter, and then transfers the processed data to the Arduino board. And then the mechanical part comes into operation.

By the way, representatives of the Habrasociety can also print their tweets, for this you need to go to this site and write to the developer on Twitter. After that, on the site itself, you can monitor how soon your message will be printed on a typewriter.

The project itself is a relatively simple demonstration of how old technologies can work in modern conditions, so far as entertainment, as in this case.