PRINCIPLES AND PARTICLES-PROJECT MANAGEMENT
week 1-2
The main objectives for the first two weeks were to build a personal site, go through a git tutorial and sketch a final project topic.
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
week 3
Objective: Model (raster, vector, 2D, 3D, render, animate, simulate,...) a possible final project and post it on class page.
COMPUTER-CONTROLLED CUTTING
week 4
Objectives: Characterize the laser cutter, making test parts that vary cutting settings and dimensions.utilize the Vinyl Cutter
Electronics production
week 5
Objective: To characterize the design rules for your PCB production process, to make an in-circuit programmer by milling the PCB and program it.
3D SCANNING AND PRINTING
week 6
objectives: To Test the design rules for your printers, Design and 3D print an object that could not be made subtractively and to 3D scan an object.
ELECTRONICS DESIGN
week 7
Objectives: Design, mill, solder and test a printed circuit board. Observing the operation of a microcontroller circuit board as group work.
COMPUTER-CONTROLLED MACHINING
week 8
Objectives: Test runout, alignment, speeds, feeds, and toolpaths for your machine. Individual assignment to make something big on a CNC machine
EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING
week 9
Objectives: Read a microcontroller data sheet. Program your board to do something, with as many different programming languages and programming environments as possible. As group assignment: Compare the performance and development workflows for other architectures
Moulding and Casting
week 10
Objectives: Review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials, Make and compare test casts with each of them as the groupwork. Design a 3D mould around the stock and tooling that you'll be using, mill it (rough cut + (at least) three-axis finish cut), and use it to cast parts as the individual assignment.
INPUT DEVICES
week 11
Objectives:Measure a sensor, Add a sensor to a microcontroller board that you have designed and read it. As the group assignment: probe an input device's analog levels and digital signals
OUTPUT DEVICES
week 12
Objectives:To add an output device to a microcontroller board you've designed, and program it to do something.As the group assignment:measure the power consumption of an output device
Applications and implications
week 13
Objectives: Propose a final project masterpiece that integrates the range of units covered
NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATION
week 14
Objectives:To design, build, and connect wired or wireless node(s) with network or bus addresses. As the group assignment: send a message between two projects
MECHANICAL DESIGN
week 15
Objectives: To design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation, To build the mechanical parts and operate it manually, To document the group project and your individual contribution
INTERFACE AND APPLICATION PROGRAMMING
week 16
Objectives: write an application that interfaces a user with an input &/or output device that you made, compare as many tool options as possible
Machine design
week 17
Objectives:-actuate and automate your machine. - document the group project and your individual contribution
WILDCARD WEEK
week 18
Design and produce something with a digital fabrication process (incorporating computer-aided design and manufacturing) not covered in another assignment
Invention, intellectual property and income
week 19
-Develop a plan for dissemination of your final project. - Prepare drafts of your summary slide (presentation.png, 1920 x 1080) and video clip
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
week 20
Complete your final project, tracking your progress