Assignment for “Applications and implications” is all about documenting and little bit explaining your idea, plan and researches for final project.
Task is to answer some of questions as follows:
I didn’t figure out the name for my project yet so let’s call it “THE LAMP”. The idea is to make modern look lamp that is controlled by touch LCD. Specification of this lamp is not only to brighten up the view, is also to measure room temperature and humidity, also if the lamp is placed in room where is heating on natural gas, methane, it can detect the leakage of that gas and indicate it with red color of LED. Also would like to add some cool features like ultrasonic sensor for distance and to show nearness also with LED colors.
When I was searching trough fabacademy site to see who’s done some kind of lamp and I found several great projects like...Megumi Iwata, Georges Hanna and Wiam Lanz.
Think this is the question what I’ll make rather then buy…first the whole housing is going to be made on laser cutter, joints for housing, LCD holder and some other parts for mechanism will be 3d printed, legs for the lamp will be casted of silicon and last but not least PCB will be designed and made.
Laser cutter: plexiglass 3-5mm and plywood 5mm
3D printer: basic black or white PLA
Molding and casting: silicone rubber
PCB: don’t know yet the summary of the components for my PCB so this one is going to be described on my Final project(link) site
Other: servo motor, ultrasonic sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, LCD, gas sensor, IR movement sensor
This one is hard to answer for me because I’m originally from Croatia and don’t know the best suppliers in this region, but I’ll have big help from instructors and my colleague Patrick for that so I’m not concerned. Think the electronical parts will be order from Mouser(link), because they have fast shipping.
This question is connected with questions about components and material, I don’t know yet the cost of it but it shouldn’t be more than €100, components are not so expensive but I put that number just in case I burn some of them or misplace. That question is also be answered in detail on my Final project site when I order everything.
Housing for electronics, electronics, connection parts and housing for LEDs
Electronics: Eagle software; CNC for milling the board; reflow oven for hardening solder paste
Housing: Fusion 360 software; laser cutting and 3D printing; CNC mill to make mold for legs
Programming: with help of Arduino IDE and C codes
Well I think most of the questions needs to be answered at this moment.
For example:
1. how to make a stabile stand for the servo motor
2. how to attach servo motor to sides of the lamp and is it going to be stabile enough
3. should the power be internal or external
4. is it better to put LCD on the side of housing or somehow on the top of the lamp
Those are some of the main questions and they are need to be solved quickly because the time is flying.
Week 1: making some researching where, how, when
Week 2: getting materials and ordering components for project
Week 3: making all parts for housing (laser cutting, molding and casting, 3D printing
Week 4: miling of final PCB, soldering components, testing sensors and codes
Week 5: assambling all together and final testings
Week 6: making video and slide explaining what and how was it made
I suppose the project is going to be evaluated in couple of segments (electronics, programing, developing of design and knowledge after all), like for the weeks assignments. But think this is a good question for group of people that are working on one project but can be separately work. Evaluation is also a bit stressful for me, because I always hope that everything is fine and that there is not going to be big mistakes and of course that I understand all tasks correctly.