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Week 18. Project Development

In this week we need to address certain question regarding our project and work accordingly.

    1. What tasks have been completed?

    2. What tasks remain?

    3. What's working?

    4. What's not?

    5. What questions need to be resolved?

    6. What will happen when?

    7. What have you learned?

What tasks have been completed?

  1. Design and printing of wireless charger case.

  2. Design of gear system and furniture design.

  3. Machining of furniture & assembly.

What tasks remain?

  1. Resin casting of bottom part of wireless charger case.

  2. 3D printing and assembly of gear system.

  3. Electronic design and production

  4. Programming

  5. Full assembly

What’s working?

  1. The casing for wireless charegr seems nice and its working perfectly. My iPhone is charging perfectly above gthe casing.

  2. Gear system design seems ok. Simulated the gear and looks ok for me.

What’s not working?

  1. Kerf bending seems not ok. Every time I made test cuts, its failing in some way or other.

What questions need to be resolved?

  1. Stability of the top panel

  2. Speed of the motor and torque

  3. How to calculate the the phone charging percentage

What will happen when?

schedule

What have you learned?

Learning is a never-ending process. And I’m thrilled to say that I’m learning a lot with Fablab every day. After attempting to create a prototype of a topic I had been thinking about for some time as my final project in Fablab, I began learning a lot of new things that I had no idea existed.

During this process, the most important things I learnt is Fusion 360 and that I still have a long way to go. Even the fundamentals I learned have increased my career confidence. The world of gears is the next major thing I discovered. I’d also remark that I’m a child in this case. However, the confidence it provides me is enormous. I gained knowledge of spur gears, herringbone gears, ratio calculations, and the benefits of combination gears.

Getting to 3D printing now. I was frightened the first time I went close to a 3D printer. But now that I’ve printed so many components, I feel more confident and comfortable about 3D printing. A lot is known about materials, particularly PLA.

The most terrifying thing in my engineering career is electronics. Since I had a background in civil engineering, I knew nothing about this subject. But now that I’ve tried this project and Fab Academy, I’m inspired more to study about this subject. I learn more about the functionality of microcontrollers and other components in this process. In particular, SAMD11c, which I used in my project.

Last but not least, documentation. I had no idea till now how significant documentation of who you are and what you do is to someone’s career and life. I deeply regret how poorly I have documented my work to this point. However, since I have started to record even the smallest details, I feel more confident about moving forward.

Thank you, Fab Academy and Fab community, for providing such a wonderful opportunity to learn new things and Make (Almost) Anything.

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