About: Shooting Star Technologies LLC has a mission of developing software and electronic applications for the internet of things. This includes human-machine, machine-machine interactions, and database management software. Custom software development for a variety of applications is provided. Email us about your custom software and electronic applications needs. contact@shootingstartech.io

Two products for designing GCode from images for CNC mills and CNC routers have been developed and are commercially available through this website. We also seek to provide stimulating material for the education of aspiring scientists, engineers and technicians.

Product Launch: GCodeSVGPro ($40.00)

A GCode design software to design GCode for CNC routers and mills from an image file. The Pro version includes all the features of the basic version and adds support for SVG image. This provides more precise dimension control, faster cutting of SVG elements, and smoother curved edges. Suitable image files can be generated with a variety of software from programs like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, and CAD/CAE software as well as photographs. An overview of the software use is provided in this video.

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Watch products being produced and GCode design in action in our YouTube videos. A CNC router in action creating black raised and white raised images. See some of the advantages of SVG elements in creating images with rotations and embedded images.

Product: ImageToGCode ($20.00)

A software application to design GCode for CNC routers and mills from an image file. GCode is the software tells the CNC routers and mills what to do by running it on control software like Mach 3 or Mach 4 that interfaces between your computer and the machine control box. The image file can be converted to black and white to designate cut and uncut regions as with the cat image on the left or grayscale where the shade of gray represents regions cut to different depths as with the pyramid structure to the left. Suitable image files can be generated with a variety of software from programs like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to photographs. An overview of the software use is provided in this video.

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Our Education Mission:

Stimulating aspiring scientists, engineers and technicians by distributing electronic and software applications developed under the GNU license. Providing answers to the question, “How can I do that?”

See us on YouTube:

1. Interfacing bn-220 serial GPS to RaspberryPi

2. Interface a bn-880 GPS module to Raspberry Pi

3. Interfacing bn-880 with Raspberry Pi 4 and LCD1602 display.