Schedule
Timeline
Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20 | |
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Subject | Mechanical Design, Machine Design | Mid Term Review | Moulding and Casting | Interface and Application Programming | System Integration | Wildcard Week | Applications and Implications, Proj… | Invention, Intellectual Property an… | FP requirements |
Date | 09/04/2025 | 16/04/2025 | 23/04/2025 | 30/04/2025 | 07/05/2025 | 14/05/2025 | 21/05/2025 | 28/05/2025 | 04/06/2025 |
Monday | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9pm to 11pm |
Tuesday | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9pm to 11pm |
Wednesday | Class | Class | Class | Class | Class | Class | Class | Class | Class |
Thursday | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9pm to 11pm |
Friday | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | WA - 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9pm to 11pm |
Saturday | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm |
Sunday | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm | FP - 9am - 12am | 9pm to 11pm |
That’s 18 hours per week to work on Fabacademy
This is working around a 9 to 5 job, a side job and family time :)
As of week 14 we are 126 hours and counting
Spirals
Spiral Development:
For my final project I have been taking a modular approach to development. This means that I have broken down the project into smaller, more manageable parts. As I have progressed I have discovered that most of the work on my side is in the software of the product. Early tests that used the standard HID library’s from Circuit python did not have a good user experience.
Spiral 0 - Testing:
- [x] Test Each input
- [x] Test communication over HID (week 10)
- [x] Test communication over Serial (Week 14)
- [x] Test Jesmonite as a case material (Week 13)
Spiral 1 Working Prototype:
- [] Make Final Board
- [] Make 3D printed version of final housing
- [] Make Final moulded version of lower housing
- [] Make Final make cnc version of upper housing
- [] Make Final laser cut base of housing
*Final presentation and end of FabAcademy*
Spiral 2 Refinement:
- [] Add a display to give user information about the current mode.
- [] Add Bluetooth support for wireless connectivity but keep power over usb.
- [] Full wireless use using a rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Spiral 3+ Further Development:
- [] Infinity tune and make the dials feel sweeeeeet to use. 🤙