FLA scripts

Scripts to hopefully simplify the Fab Lab life.

The scripts are aimed at the machines in our computer lab, all Windows machines.

Adjust to your needs, feel free to create pull requests or be in contact for improvements.

Make sure App installer is installed

Recommended usage

Clone the repo, enter directory.

Run from within the directory, so scripts can update the repo when run.

You can choose to run either script or both at once, using the both.ps1 file.

both.ps1 also refreshes the repo.

You need to set Windows Execution Policy to either 'RemoteSigned' or 'Bypass'

Using Administrative PowerShell, run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

or

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass

Note: If you need to use Bypass, it's recommended to set the policy to RemoteSigned for security reasons.

Scripts:

fabupdate.ps1

Installs the needed packages to automatically update Windows. Also updates any Winget and Chocolatey packages.

fabprogs.ps1

Installs/upgrades the following programs automatically:

Via Winstall/Winget	Via Chocolatey
Acrobat Reader
Arduino IDE (>2.0)	MeshMixer
Autodesk Eagle	Fusion360
Gimp
Git
KiCad (>7)
LibreOffice
PrusaSlicer
PrusaSlicer Alpha
SyncTrayzor
Thonny (>4)
Ultimaker Cura
MS VSCode
Blender
Chrome
Firefox
FreeCAD
Inkscape
OpenSCAD
MS DotNet Framework 4
Notepad++
7zip
VLC

Additional programs requiring manual install:

Link to Fab Lab Google drive folder with the additional programs for prosperity. (Closed folder)

Offical links here:

• VCarve for Shopbot (+clipart, post-processors) - Proprietary software, needs a licence
• Arudino IDE 1.8 (Old, needed?)
• DigitalMicroscopeSuite2
• ESP32.MPY-Jama
• Flatcam
• Wegstr (PCB milling machines)
• Slicer for Fusion 360

Further addons for Fab Lab setup

Inkscape

• Inkstitch for the embroidery machine

Additinal boards for Arduino IDE

File -> Preferences -> Additional boards manager:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/gh-pages/package_esp32_index.json

https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico/releases/download/global/package_rp2040_index.json

Tool -> Boards ->Board manager -> Search for:

esp32 -> by espressif

rp2040 -> Raspberry PI pico / rp2040 by Earle

Additional libraries for Arduino IDE

• Update libraries
• Update boards
• Add any common libraries, such as Adafruit-Neopixel

Fab library for Kicad

• https://gitlab.fabcloud.org/pub/libraries/electronics/kicad (Use the git method for easy updates)