Project Sessions
WEEK 1 (23 January 2013)
[Digital Fabrication, Collaborative Technical Development, Documentation, and Project Management]
The first assignment for the FabAcademy was to create a shared folder, where individual students can upload the work developed weekly. I will install the Mercurial and learnt the steps to publish my website.
WEEK 2 (30 January 2013)
[Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing, and Modeling]
This week I will design a Pillar Cherry Led Cad 3D - Pillar Cherry Led Cad 2D
WEEK 3 (6 February 2013)
[Computer-Controlled Cutting]
This week we were asked to design a shelf model using wood and acrylic. I also designed a press fit construction - Car mount holder.
Vinyl Cutter - Laser Cutter - Corel Draw
WEEK 4 (13 February 2013)
[Electronics Production]
This week The Electronics Production assignment was to mill the board( hello.ISP.44.), stuff it with components and program it.
Connect Modela with Fab Modules - Milling the board - Solderin - Programming the Board
WEEK 5 (20 February 2013)
[3D Scanning and Printing]
This week we have started the 3D scanning in the modella machine and printing.
WEEK 6 (27 February 2013)
[Electronics Design - Eagle]
This week we were asked to add button and a LED to the echo hello-world board
DR Picza - Eagle - Photoshop - Modela to Milling the board - Solderin - Programming the Board
WEEK 7 (6 March 2013)
[Molding, Casting and Composites]
This week we have learnt how to create detailed molds from machinable wax and made casts from them.
Archicad - 3D Studio Max - Modela to Milling - Wax and Resines
WEEK 8 (13 March 2013)
[Embedded Programming]
This week the assignment was to read a microcontroller data sheet and to program my Hello board from week 6 to perform a particular task, in as many different programming languages as possible.
AvrDude - Arduino 1.0.4 - Notepad+ on Windows Plattform
WEEK 9 (20 March 2013)
[Computer Controlled Machining ]
This week we were assigned to design "something big". (Chair Fireplace)
WEEK 10 (27 March 2013)
[Input Devices]
This week we had to program a circuit board. I choose the hello.button.c and I used FabModules for milling the boards. I then soldered the different components and finally I have programmed the board.
WEEK 11 (3 April 2013)
[Composites ]
This week we were forced to wait for the materials from the fab lab and the shopbot machine still didn´t work...
WEEK 12 (10 April 2013)
[Interface and Application Programming]
This week’s assignment was to write an application that interacts with a input and/or output device.
WEEK 13 (17 April 2013)
[Output Devices]
This week’s assignment was to add an output device to a microcontroller and program it to do something.
WEEK 14 (24 April 2013)
[Networking and Communications]
This week’s assignment was to Build a wired &/or wireless network with at least two nodes
WEEK 15 (1 May 2013)
[Mechanical Design - Machine Design]
This week’s assignment was to modify and improve the 3D printer RepRap of Fablab Coimbra, we also decided to try build one with mechanical components designed and built in the Fablab Coimbra.
WEEK 16 (8 May 2013)
[Applications and Implications]
This week’s assignment was to document our final project detailing all steps.
WEEK 17 (15 May 2013)
[Invetion, Intellectual Property, and Business Model ]
This week’s assignment was to continue our final project and the machine design.
