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Jan 17: principles and practices, presentations, introductions | Website and concept work | |
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Jan 24: project management | Project management and Research | |
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Jan 31: computer-aided design | Design and cut/print model of final project | |
5 | Feb 07: computer-controlled cutting | Create Logo or flexible circuitry on vinyl cutter. Make and document Bunobe units. They are not related to the lamp, but they are kerf-aligned units that can be assembled in all the same ways you can assemble sonobe origami units. | Characterize our lasercutter with test parts of various settings and dimension. (group) |
6 | Feb 14: electronics production | make an in-circuit programmer by milling the PCB, Perhaps one that controls the model? | characterize the specifications of your PCB production process |
7 | Feb 21: 3D scanning and printing | I will design and print some of the parts for my lamp. We need to 3D scan an object. Perhaps I can 3D scan some of the electrical components, to more accurately account for them in my 3D design, or sculpt (using traditional materials) details for the lamp to scan. | test the design rules for your 3D printer(s) |
8 | Feb 28: electronics design | redraw the echo hello-world board, add buttons and LEDs with resistors. Check, make, test, measure and simulate. This assignment will be a good opportunity to gain skills that I can apply to my final project. | |
9 | Mar 07: computer-controlled machining | make something big: Create the base and post for the lamp. It needs to withstand harsh weather conditions and be deployable, while still stand firmly, so it doesn't fall over at high windspeeds. Perfect opportunity to mill design into fencepost? | |
10 | Mar 14: embedded programming | I will read a microcontroller data sheet. I will program my board to generate multiple types of light using the rgb led. I will try Arduino programming and other languages. I hope to try the same program with a vinyl cut flexible circuitry. | |
11 | Mar 21: mechanical design | This project will not further the my final project directly, but perhaps I can use the machine to create parts later on. | design a machine (mechanism+automation), including the end effector, build parts and operate manually, document group project and individual contribution |
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Mar 28: machine design | plan and make a machine, document group project and individual contribution | |
13 | Apr 04: Break | ||
14 | Apr 11: output devices | I will add several RGB leds to a microcontroller board I'll design and program them to change color in a coded sequence. | |
15 | Apr 18: molding and casting | I want to create molds for some of my parts, to make it easier to recreate in the future. | review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials, make and compare tests with each of them |
16 | Apr 25: input devices | I want to use the phototransistor as my primary input device, but it could also be interesting to play with adding pentometers to customize the type of light (multiple colors, perhaps a looping sequence). | |
17 | May 02: wildcard week | This week I will use to catch up on any of the fields I have not finished to my satisfaction, or prepare for the coming weeks. | |
18 | May 09: networking and communications | The dream is to connect the pentometers to the lamp remotely so that we can adjust the style of lighting from a remote control unit inside. This would require bluetooth connected devices that network with one another. Ultimately, it should be possible to connect multiple lamps to the same control unit. | |
19 | May 16: interface and application programming | I could have my app connect to the control unit, essentially bypassing the need for the pentometers. Another option is to include a barometer and an accelerometer to the turbine and lamp housing, to gather data on weather conditions which would be logged and read through an application. | |
20 | May 23: applications and implications | propose a final project that integrates the range of units covered, answering: what will it do? who's done what beforehand? what materials and components will be required? where will they come from? how much will it cost? what parts and systems will be made? what processes will be used? what tasks need to be completed? what questions need to be answered? what is the schedule? how will it be evaluated? projects can be separate or joint, but need to show individual mastery of the range of skills covered where possible, you should make rather than buy the parts of your project.At this point, I will have more realistic and concrete ideas of how to implement my ideas. | |
21 | May 30: invention, intellectual property, and income | develop a plan for dissemination of your final project. Most likely I will want to make the design and production files free and open, so that other makers can replicate the process themselves. I might also create a microbusiness that makes batches of lamps for small scale, local retail. prepare a summary slide (presentation.png, 1280x1024) and video clip (presentation.mp4, 1080p HTML5, < ~minute, < ~10 MB) in your root directory | |
22 | Jun 11: project development | I will use this time to finalize my project and prepare the presentation. | |
23 | Jun 13: project presentations | ||
24 | Jun 15: project presentations | ||
25 | Jun 18: project presentations | ||
26 | Jun 20: project presentations |