Derrick- presents

weekly

Week Topics

Principles and Practices

Assignment

Plan and sketch a potential final project.

Project Management

Assignment

Work through a git tutorial build a personal site in the class archive describing you and your final project

Computer Aided Design

Assignment

Model (raster, vector, 2D, 3D, render, animate, simulate, ...) a possible final project, and post it on your class page

Computer Controlled Cutting

assignment

Group assignment:

characterize your lasercutter's focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, and joint clearance

Individual assignment:

cut something on the vinylcutter design, lasercut, and document a parametric press-fit construction kit, accounting for the lasercutter kerf, which can be assembled in multiple ways, and for extra credit include elements that aren't flat

Electronics Production

assignment

Group assignment:

characterize the design rules for your PCB production process

Individual assignment:

Make an in-circuit programmer by milling the PCB, program it, then optionally try other PCB processes USB speed ATmega16U2 Zaerc ATtiny45 OR ATtiny44

3D Scanning and Printing

assignment

Group assignment:

- test the design rules for your 3D printer(s)

Individual assignment:

- design and 3D print an object (small, few cm3, limited by printer time) that could not be made subtractively - 3D scan an object (and optionally print it)

Electronics Design

assignment

Group project:

use the test equipment in your lab to observe the operation of a microcontroller circuit board

Individual project:

redraw the echo hello-world board, add (at least) a button and LED (with current-limiting resistor) check the design rules, make it, and test it extra credit: simulate its operation

Computer Controlled Machining

Group assignment

test runout, alignment, speeds, feeds, and toolpaths for your machine

Individual assignment

make (design+mill+assemble) something big

Embedded Systems

Individual assignment:

read a microcontroller data sheet program your board to do something, with as many different programming languages and programming environments as possible

Group assignment:

compare the performance and development workflows for other architectures

Molding And Casting

Group assignment

Review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials, then make and compare test casts with each of them.

Individual assignment

Design a mold 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

Input Devices

Group Assignment

Probe an input device's analog levels and digital signals

Individual assignment

Measure something: add a sensor to a microcontroller board that you have designed and read it.

Output Devices

Group Assignment

measure the power consumption of an output device

Individual assignment

Add an output device to a microcontroller board you've designed, and program it to do something

Applications and Implications

Assignment

Propose a final project masterpiece that integrates the range of units covered, :

Networking and Communications

individual assignment: design, build, and connect wired or wireless node(s)

group assignment:

send a message between two projects

Mechanical Design

Individual Assignment:

Design, build, and connect wired or wireless node(s)

Group Assignment:

Send a message between two projects