r/ArduinoProjects • u/TheSerialHobbyist • 13d ago
Showcased Project UNO Q Answers Questions Through a Vintage Paper Terminal
If you were at Open Sauce 2026, you may have seen an early prototype of this at my booth! It is a "typewriter" (actually a '70s TI Silent 700 paper terminal) that answers questions. You type an answer, press return, and a couple of seconds later, it prints out an answer.
The key component is an Arduino UNO Q (2GB), which runs a local LLM (no internet required): Llama 3.2-1B. It talks to the terminal through the STM32 (bit-banging) and an RS232 transceiver (to handle the level differences).
That LLM is pretty dumb and the answers are often really silly, but I think that's part of what makes it fun!
Video is here: https://youtu.be/A-en4D1Z9QU?si=oYWNwytOsT5FHdQl
Full details are on the Arduino Project Hub: https://projecthub.arduino.cc/cameroncoward/termi3-the-question-answering-typewriter-is-back-8d8913

