Blog on Fabuloes

Week 18

Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Individual assignment

Develop a plan for dissemination of your final project Prepare drafts of your summary slide (presentation.png, 1920x1080) and video clip (presentation.mp4, 1080p HTML5, < ~minute, < ~10 MB) and put them in your root directory

Week 17

Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Individual assignment Propose a final project masterpiece that integrates the range of units covered.

Week 16

Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Wildcard week

Individual assignment Wildcard week

Week 15

Thu, 06 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Compare as many tool options as possible.

Individual assignment Write an application that interfaces a user with an input and/or output device that you made

Week 14

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Send a message between two projects

Individual assignment Design, build, and connect wired or wireless node(s) with network or bus addresses

Week 13

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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

Week 12

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials. Make and compare test casts with each of them

Individual assignment 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.

Week 11

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Probe an input device(s)’s analog and digital signals

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

Week 10

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Actuate and automate your machine. Document the groupswork.

Individual assignment Document your individual contribution.

Week 09

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Design a machine that includes mechanism + actuation + automation. Build the mechanical parts and operate it manually. Document the group project.

Individual assignment Document your individual contribution.

Week 08

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Compare the performance and development workflows for different microcontroller families

Individual assignment Read the datasheet for the microcontroller you are programming Program the board you have made to do something, with as many different programming languages and programming environments as possible.

Week 07

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignmentTest runout, alignment, speeds, feeds, and toolpaths for your machine

Individual assignment Make (design+mill+assemble) something big

Week 06

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Use the test equipment in your lab to observe the operation of a micro controller circuit board (in minimum, check operating voltage on the board with multimeter or voltmeter and use oscilloscope to check noise of operating voltage and interpret a data signal) Individual assignment Redraw one of the echo hello-world boards or something equivalent, add (at least) a button and LED (with current-limiting resistor) or equivalent input and output, check the design rules, make it, test it.

Week 05

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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)

Week 04

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Group assignment Characterize the design rules for your PCB production process: document feeds, speeds, plunge rate, depth of cut (traces and outline) and tooling. document your work (in a group or individually) Individual assignment Make an in-circuit programmer by milling and stuffing the PCB, test it, then optionally try other PCB fabrication process.

Week 03

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Individual assignment: cut something on the vinyl cutter: design, laser cut, and document a parametric construction kit, accounting for the laser cutter kerf, which can be assembled in multiple ways and for extra credit include elements that aren’t flat. Group assignment: characterize your laser cutter’s focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, joint clearance and types

Week 02

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This week assignment: model (raster, vector, 2D, 3D, render, animate, simulate, …) a possible final project, compress your images and videos, and post it on your class page

Week 01

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

For me it was a bit of a delayed start of the first official fab week, had a great work project that kept me busy till saturday but catching up as we speak. Lucky for me we managed to get through a lot of the basics during Bootcamp week. The assignment of this week is to plan and sketch a potential final project plus build a personal site in the class archive describing you and your final project.