Week 10

This page presents the assignments for week 10 of Fab Academy 2020: “Applications and Implications”.

To do list:

Individual

Propose a final project masterpiece that integrates the range of units covered, answering:
- What will it do?
- Who's done what beforehand?
- What will you design?
- What materials and components will be used?
- Where will [they] come from?
- How much will they cost?
- What parts and systems will be made?
- What processes will be used?
- What questions need to be answered?
- How will it be evaluated?
Your project should incorporate
- 2D and 3D design,
- additive and subtractive fabrication processes,
- electronics design and production,
- embedded microcontroller interfacing and programming,
- system integration and packaging
Where possible, you should make rather than buy the parts of your project
Projects can be separate or joint but
- need to show individual mastery of the skills,
- and be independently operable

Week 10 "hero shot":

Figure 0: Final project poster (contains mock up pictures of to do work, to update after lockdown end).

Individual Assignment

The following sections present details for my final project.

What will it do?

The goal of the project is to develop a website teaching Fab lab members “How to build a modular drone for a conservation mission from scratch”.

The website should allow the users to:

Step 1

Learn to design a modular fixed wing drone step by step

Step 2

Set parameters for a specific conservation mission

Step 3

Generate parametric CAD files

Step 4

Generate documentation to produce and assemble the drone in a Fab Lab

Who's done what beforehand?

BERISUAS

European project aiming to improve maritime safety

3DPrint Lab Kaier Falcon

Film covered 3D printed modular plane

Thingiverse Project Modular Aircraft

3D printed modular plane

3D printed motor

600 Watt, 3d-printed, Halbach Array, brushless DC electric Motor

Open Source ESC

BLDC motor controller

satshacopter 250X

An open source, low cost and fabbable quad X drone.

What will you design?

Step 1

A website teaching Fab lab members

“How to build a modular drone for a conservation mission from scratch”

Step 2

Parametric CAD files for a first prototype

(to test drone performance)

Step 3

Build and test a conservation drone

Step 4

Bash script that modify the CAD files with the parameters from the website

Bill Of materials

Please go to the bill of materials page to find the answer to the questions:

What materials and components will be used?

Where will they come from?

How much will they cost?

What parts and systems will be made?

Fuselage

Electronic speed controller

Motor

Receiver

What processes will be used?

Please go to the planning page to get more details on the use of following processes for my final project

Project Managment

Computer-Aided Design

Computer-controlled Cutting

Electronics production

3D Scanning and Printing

Electronics Design

Computer-Controlled Machining

Embedded Programming

Input Devices

Applications and Implications

Output Devices

Networking and Communications

Interface and Application Programming

Invention, Intellectual Property, and Income

Molding and Casting

Wildcard Week

Mechanical Design and Machine Design

Project Development

What questions need to be answered?

How will it be evaluated?

Website general

(Source for the 4th first columns: article from spiritz web solutions)

Appearence

Content

Usability

Search Engine Optimized

Conservation Drones

Good use of color?
Text that is easily read?
Meaningful graphics?
High quality photography?
Simplicity?

Short and organized?
Update regularly?
Speak to your visitors?

Simplicity?
Fast-loading pages?
Minimal scroll?
Consistent layout?
Prominent, logical navigation?
Descriptive link text?
Cross-platform/browser compatibility?
Screen Resolution?

HTML and CSS?
Important keywords ?
Keywords in the link text?

Step 1 ok?
Step 2 ok?
Step 3 ok?
Step 4 ok?

Website pages

(Source: article from ccconline LIBRARY)

Accuracy

Authority

Objectivity

Up to date

Coverage

Who wrote the page and can you contact him or her?
What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced?
Is this person qualified to write this document?

Who published the document and is it separate from the "Webmaster?
Check the domain of the document, what institution publishes this document?
Does the publisher list his or her qualifications?

What goals/objectives does this page meet?
How detailed is the information?
What opinions (if any) are expressed by the author?

When was it produced?
When was it updated?
How up-to-date are the links (if any)?

Are the links (if any) evaluated and do they complement the documents' theme?
Is it all images or a balance of text and images?
Is the information presented cited correctly?

Drone

Achievable in a Fab lab

(by a non specialist member)

Modifiable

Transportable

Reparable

Reproducible

(to create a fleet of drones)

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