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Journey Through Fab Academy '15

Thoughts, stories and ideas by Jeff Putney

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Final Project Proposal

Final Project Proposal

Name: pJazz What will it do? Play jazz music from a local FM station when you enter the bathroom. Turn on based on inpu…

  • Final Project Proposal

15 License and Intellectual Property

Licensing of my Final Project My final project will be using the Decolonial Media License 0.1. It's a Share Alike + Attr…

  • 15 License and Intellectual Property
14 Machine Design

14 Machine Design

Designing Network Controllable Stepper Motor Nodes For machine building week our group decided to try and create a 2-axi…

  • 14 Machine Design
13 Interface and Application Programming

13 Interface and Application Programming

Processing I chose to use processing this week as I had never used it before and am curious about it's similatities to t…

  • 13 Interface and Application Programming
12 Networking and Communications

12 Networking and Communications

The Plan This week I wanted to wirelessly network multiple microcontroller boards using the super cheap nRF24L01+ module…

  • 12 Networking and Communications
11 Composites

11 Composites

This week I attempted to make a composite frisbee out of cotton and epoxy. I started by tinkercading up a frisbee model.…

  • 11 Composites
10 Output Devices

10 Output Devices

This week my output device was to control an electric stike plate to open a door. The system reads in rfid tags through…

  • 10 Output Devices
09 Input Devices

09 Input Devices

For this week I created another version of my ATTiny based microcontroller board and added a temperature sensor and ligh…

  • 09 Input Devices
08 Molding and Casting

08 Molding and Casting

Molding This week I wanted to design a cast a model that would work well for our pewter casting workshops we hold at Mak…

  • 08 Molding and Casting
07 Computer-Controlled Machining

07 Computer-Controlled Machining

Table Design I started bt creating flower table design in tinkercad. I then used 123D Make to turn the 3D model into a…

  • 07 Computer-Controlled Machining
06 Embedded Programming

06 Embedded Programming

Datasheets and Software Serial This week I read through the ATtiny summary datasheet. The main thing I learned is why th…

  • 06 Embedded Programming
05 Electronics Design

05 Electronics Design

Motivation For my final project I need a solar colection system that can charge a battery in bright indoor condition. So…

  • 05 Electronics Design
04 3D Scanning and Printing

04 3D Scanning and Printing

Scanning For scanning this week I used an XBox Kinnect and the ReconstructMe software package. The scan process was as s…

  • 04 3D Scanning and Printing
03 PCB fabrication

03 PCB fabrication

This week we created and populated FabISP boards. I followed the instructions provided here. The only change I made was…

  • 03 PCB fabrication
02 Computer Controlled Cutting

02 Computer Controlled Cutting

Let's violate a patent. It's easy! A few weeks ago a friend showed me a bunch of small parts he 3D printed that would as…

  • 02 Computer Controlled Cutting
01 CAD

01 CAD

Background So this week we're learning CAD programs. Which I believe stands for Computed ADorableness. I once made a fo…

  • 01 CAD
An Introduction + Mercurial

An Introduction + Mercurial

First Thoughts on a Final Project All the things! And it's probably going to need to incorporate this video somewhow: S…

  • An Introduction + Mercurial
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