Introduction
This website is a diary that describes my journey through the 2024 edition of Fab Academy, where students learn rapid prototyping by planning and executing a new project each week.
Resources
Some useful links include:
Week 11: Input devices
This week we are looking info reading sensor data, for example reading distance sensor, light sensor, thermistor… I chose to work with and accelerometer/gyroscope because I find it very useful.
Group Assignment
The page describing the group assignment for this week (probe an input device’s analog levels and digital signals) can e found here.
Arduino code
This website was my starting point when working with Adafruit accelerometer and gyroscope. It contains the pinouts, library installation guide and a very helpful example code.
Read moreWeek 12: Molding and Casting
Group Assignment
The page describing the group assignment for this week (review the safety datasheets, make and compare test casts, compare printing vs machining molds) can be found here.
Introduction
This week we looked at molding (process of creating a hollow cavity that replicates the shape of an object or pattern) and casting (process of pouring a liquid or molten material into a mold cavity to create a solid object with the desired shape). The goal is to make a design, then mill the positive mold out of wax, following a negative mold from silicone and finally cast the desired design from liquid plastic.
Read moreWeek 13: Networking and Communications
This week we were working with a new XIAO board that has a WiFi/Bluetooth dual-mode chip, and therefore is capable of creating and receiving a radio signals.
Group Assignment
The page describing the group assignment for this week (send a message between two projects) can be found here.
New board
Lets see if this new board works with any of the previously made PCB boards, as the new XIAO had the same pin layout as the XIAO RO2040.
Read moreWeek 14: Interface and Application programming
This week the task was to create an application that would interact with the board through Wi-Fi. I used the REST API.
Group assignment
The page describing the group assignment for this week (compare as many tool options as possible) can be found here.
The idea
I would like to draw on a PC screen using the accelerometer. So the web interface would be sending request to the XIAO every 200ms, and the response would be JSON style dictionary saying if the sensor is titled (and how much) in an x & y direction.
Read moreWeek 15: Wildcard week
to be done
Read moreWeek 16: System integration
to be done
Read moreWeek 17: Application and implications
Introduction
This week I continued to work on my final project. On this page will further describe the circumstances of my project, and answer some specific questions.
Some questions are answered in the Final project documentations, which can be found here.
What will my project do?
My final project - an Oracle - will be making a positive random prophecy for you, so you can find an encouragement and motivation in hard times.
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