If your school in the 1980s was lucky enough to have a well-equipped computer lab, the chances are that alongside the 8-bit ...

That and an Arduino can make a simple and easy plotter. Just ask [JimRD]. You can also watch it do its thing in the video below. Of course, servos aren’t usually what you use in a plotter.

Making an Arduino-based CNC plotter out of a DVD player is as easy as 1, 2, what’s Arduino again?

Finally, connect the EasyDriver Modules to the Arduino board. The software for the plotter is relatively simple and only supports point-to-point plotting.

Instructables member Patrick Panikulam has created a versatile wireless Arduino pen plotter and laser engraver, powered by an Arduino UNO microcontroller ...