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Week 1: Project Management
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Made some beginning outlines of the final project and a 2D sketch of what it could look like. |
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Week 2: Computer Aided Design
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I did some 3D modelling of a possible motor set up with a belt and bearings. Modelled some of the various attachment I would need for the final project. Made a 3D render of my sketch from last week. |
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Week 3: Computer Controlled Cutting
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Learned to use the laser cutter. Learned about parametric design. |
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Week 4: Electronics Production
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CNC milled PCBs using v-bits to make fine traces needed for small components. |
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Week 5: 3D Scanning and Printing
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Used 3D printing, a additive process, to make a multi-material part. |
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Week 6: Embedded Programming
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Introduction to coding basics. |
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Week 7: Computer Controlled Machining
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Used the RouterCAM 1224 to miss out of 18mm Plywood. I may make a nice outside of my project using this method. |
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Week 8: Electronic Design
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Milled a stepper driver board that is similar to my final board. |
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Week 9: Output Devices
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Coded a stepper motor and other components such as a servo to move. A BLDC motor which will be in my final project with a ESC with behave similarly to a servo. |
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Week 10/11: Mechanical Design & Machine Building
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Created a draft part of my final project. BLDC moving a gear which is connected to a barrel held in bearings which spins a knitting needle. |
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Week 12: Input Devices
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Attempted to make a preshure button for a hand controller for my project. |
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Week 13: Modelling & Casting
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CNC machineing a wax mould. Using Silacone and resins to make casts. |
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Week 14: Networking & Communications
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Experimented with bluetooth and wifi to send communications between devices. |
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Week 15: Interface and Application Planning
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Set up a MQTT mosquitto broker to recive communications from a microcontroller and transmit to node red. |
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Week 16: Wildcard Week - Composites
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Created a two part mould to make the shell of my final project. |
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Week 18: System Intergration
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Layout and plan how different sections interact and fit together considering manufacturing and user interface. |
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Week 18: Applications and Implacations & Project Development
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Map out the final proposal and answer important questions |
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Week 19: Invention, Interlectual Property and Income
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Cover possible licensing and what version two could be |