Group Assignments 2025

Computer-Controlled Cutting

  1. Characterize the laser cutter’s focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, and joint clearance
  2. Do the lab’s safety training

Embedded Programming

  1. Demonstrate and compare the toolchains and development workflows for available embedded architectures.

3D Scanning and Printing

  1. Test the design rules for your 3D printer

Electronics Design

  1. Use the test equipment in your lab to observe the operation of a microcontroller circuit board

Computer-Controlled Machining

  1. Do your lab's safety training
  2. Test runout, alignment, fixturing, speeds, feeds, materials, and toolpaths for your machine

Electronics Production

  1. Characterize the design rules for your in-house PCB production process
  2. Submit a PCB design to a board house

Input Devices

  1. Probe an input device's analog levels and digital signals

Output Devices

  1. Measure the power consumption of an output device

Networking and Communications

  1. Measure the power consumption of an output device

Mechanical Design, Machine Design

  1. Design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation+application
  2. Build the mechanical parts and operate it manually
  3. Document the group project and your individual contribution

Molding and Casting

  1. Review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials, then make and compare test casts with each of them
  2. Compare mold-making processes

Interface and Application Programming

  1.  Write an application that interfaces a user with an input &/or output device that you made

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