| Week 01 |
Digital Fabrication Principles and Practices |
| > Assignment 01 |
plan and sketch a potential diploma project |
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| Week 02 |
Collaborative Technical Development, Documentation and Project Management |
| > Assignment 02 |
build a personal website |
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| Week 03 |
Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing and Modelling |
| > Assignment 03 |
model a possible final project |
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| Week 04 |
Computer-Controlled Cutting |
| > Assignment 04 |
design, make, and document a press-fit construction kit |
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| Week 05 |
Electronics Production |
| > Assignment 05 |
make the FabISP in-circuit programmer |
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| Week 06 |
Computer-Controlled Machining |
| > Assignment 06 |
make something big |
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| Week 07 |
Electronics Design |
| > Assignment 07 |
add a button and LED to the echo hello-world board |
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| Week 08 |
Molding, Casting and Composites |
| > Assignment 08 |
design a 3D mold, machine it, and cast parts in it |
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| Week 09 |
Embedded Programming |
| > Assignment 09 |
read a microcontroller data sheet and program your board to do something, in as many different programming languages as possible |
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| Week 10 |
3D Scanning and Printing |
| > Assignment 10 |
3D scan an object, design and 3D print an object |
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| Week 11 |
Input Devices |
| > Assignment 11 |
measure something: add a sensor to a microcontroller board and read it |
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| Week 12 |
Interface and Application Programming |
| > Assignment 12 |
write an application that interfaces with an input &/or output device |
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| Week 13 |
Output Devices |
| > Assignment 13 |
add an output device to a microcontroller board and program it to do something |
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| Week 14 |
Mechanical Design |
| > Assignment 14 |
make the MTM Snap machine (structural components) |
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| Week 15 |
Embedded Networking and Communications |
| > Assignment 15 |
build a wired &/or wireless network with at least two nodes |
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| Week 16 |
Machine Design |
| > Assignment 16 |
make the MTM Snap machine (motion control components) |
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| Week 17 |
Digital Fabrication Applications and Implications |
| > Assignment 17 |
plan and document a final project that integrates the range of units covered |
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| Week 18 |
Digital Fabrication Project Development |
| > Assignment 18 |
work on your final project, documenting your progress |
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| Week 19 |
Invention, Intellectual Property and Business Models |
| > Assignment 19 |
complete your final project |
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| Week 20 |
Final Project Presentations |
| > Assignment 20 |
the big reveal! |
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