20. Project developpement
Complete your final project, track your progress
19. invention, intellectual property, and Income
Develop a plan for dissemination of your final project
18. Wildcard
Design and produce something with a digital fabrication process (incorporating computer-aided design and manufacturing) not covered in another assignment.
17. Machine design
Actuate and automate the machine
16. Interface application programming
Write an application that interfaces with an input &/or output device that you made
15. Mechanical design
Design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation and build the mechanical parts and operate it manually
14. Networking and communications
Design, build, and connect wired or wireless node(s) with network or bus addresses
13. Applications and Implications
This week we have to define the scope of our final project and develop a project plan.
12. Output devices
Add a sensor to a microcontroller boardthat you have designed and read it
11. Input devices
Add a sensor to a microcontroller boardthat you have designed and read it
10. Modeling and casting
Design a mold around the stock and cast it.
9. Embedded programming
Read a microcontroller data sheet and program your board to do something.
8. Computer controlled machining
Make something big.
7. Electronics design
Redraw the echo hello-world board, make it and test it.
6. 3D Scanning and Printing
Design and 3D print an object (small, few cm3, limited by printer time) and 3D scan an object
5. Electronics production
The goal of this week is to make an in-circuit programmer by milling the PCB, and to program it.
4. Computer controlled cutting
The goal of this week is to test vinylcutter and design, lasercut, and document a parametric press-fit construction kit
3. Computer design
The goal of this week is to test diffrents CAD software and start modelisation of final project.
2. Project management
Work through a git tutorial and build a personal site in the class archive describing you and your final project.