Welcome to my week 18

Applications and Implications

FINAL PROJECT:

Fab Academy 2018 , My project is called "Self Balancing Electric Skateboard"- . So typically in India {Delhi} the pollution just incresing day by day. so I tought to use An electric skateboard which is a personal transporter based on a skateboard. The speed is controlled by a hand-held throttle or weight-sensor controls and the direction of travel is adjusted by tilting the board to one side or the other

1. WHAT WILL IT DO?

 This is a low cost Smart vechile which every one can use users can have an organised and automated system for the same.  
There are various steps involved in this project:

Systems involved:
Attiny board with
- Joystick connected, 
- Buzzer connected, 
- RF Module
- LEDs  
- Hub motor
- Battery
- Finger print
Process:
- It will consist of a joystick where an user can use his joystick to operate skateboard.
- When the system approves , it will start moving forward or backward with the help of joystick.
- In case, someone went wrong without scanning your thumb or with wrong authorisation, Buzzer / alarm     will buzz.

I have few more possibilities in this project but will try to achieve as much I can.

2. WHO'S DONE WHAT BEFOREHAND?

 I came with this in fab aacdemy to have solution, that it should be low cost and open source for other  people to implement. So i did this much.
There are few companies in India like Uboard which are working on Skateboard and other Electrical         vechiles system but they are expensive  which not every middle class people effort , specially when      people need it since beginning to have an organised system for their most precious asset.
I searched about uboard after this idea came to my mind.
I also searched on Fab archive if anyone has done this before, but none except one japanese fabber who   was making Skateboard but they were not using hub motors & finger print & joystick driven.

3. What will you design?

 AS of now I have done the Mechanical part.
	- in furture i will design an electronics part which includes attiny 44 and 45 micro controller. 

4. What materials and components will be used?

 Materials:
I will be using PLA filament for 3 D printing my Joystick.
PCB's for designing own boards : Atmega 44 & 45


Components:
Ill be using Red and Green LEDs
- Atmega 45 & 44 board
- Joystick module
- Fingerprint Scanner
- RF Module
- LEDs  
- Hub motor
- Batter  

5. Where will come from?

 Most of the components are available in the inventory as i have electronics dominating than other fields and others has been procured from Delhi (India) electronics market like Fingerprint, Joystick module. 

6.How much will they cost?

 The whole project will cost around 12000 inr (177 us dollars) maximum. 

7. What parts and systems will be made?

 So, In my final project I will be using

- SRM- 20 to mill my attiny 44 & 45 board specific to my board.
- 3D priner for printing my remote.
- Vinyl Cutter for making a pattern Grafity on my board
- CNC rooter to make a murger on the tyre.

Only the Joystick Module, Fingerprint module, Hub motor, Battery etc. has been purchased.

8. What processes will be used?

1. Use of digital fabrication processes: 
	- 3D printing of remote.
	- Precision Milling of both my PCBs(Attiny 44 & 45 board)
	
2. Design
	- PCB designing
        - Remote Design
	
3. Electronics
	- Embedded Programming for running Attiny 44 & 45 
        - Electronic Production of my self designed board
	
		3.1 Input Device
	         -Fingerprint Sensor 
                 -Joystick Module

		3.2 Output Device
		 - LEDs 
                 - Hub motor

4. Networking and Communication
	-Use of joystick to send output to Attiny 44
        -Attiny 44 further sending signal to the motor
         -Communication between Joystick and Motor, Fingerprint Scanner and Buzzer.

9. What questions need to be answered?

   Though my project seemed far from implementation in first few weeks because i am a Diploma Studies    background and not from engineering.
But I knew i can bring out my making interest in fab academy and specially learn about electronics. No   doubt i did try them in the end. it had to be given time and some changes with my board in terms of      everything. 
So my final project seems bit basic to me in comparision to my learning curve but i am sure i did learn  how important it is to document everything simultaneously.

10. How will it be evaluated?

 1. Use of digital fabrication processes: 
	- 3D printing of remote.
	- Precision Milling of both my PCBs(Attiny 44 & 45 board)
	
2. Design
	- PCB designing
        - Remote Design
	
3. Electronics
	- Embedded Programming for running Attiny 44 & 45 
        - Electronic Production of my self designed board
	
		3.1 Input Device
	         -Fingerprint Sensor 
                 -Joystick Module

		3.2 Output Device
		 - LEDs 
                 - Hub motor

4. Networking and Communication
	-Use of joystick to send output to Attiny 44
        -Attiny 44 further sending signal to the motor
         -Communication between Joystick and Motor, Fingerprint Scanner and Buzzer. 

11. WHAT TASKS NEED TO BE COMPLETED?

Milling my motherboard
Networking and communication between boards.

Future Scope....

I will be further working on this in any Makerspace to achieve more knowledge