All Assignments

Week 1

Week 1. Project Management

Git & Gitlab | Web development | Image optimisation | Video optimisation

Getting organised, recalling the use of Git and the terminal, and building this documentation website from scratch. Later on I updated the website with Claude. Additionally here are documentation on media optimization for web.

See documentation ›

Week 2

Week 2. Computer Aided Design

2D design | 3D modelling

I explored CAD software. For 2D software I used GIMP and Inkscape. For 3D modelling is used mainly FreeCad, on which I made a simple model of stylus pen:

See documentation ›

Week 3

Week 3. Computer Controlled Cutting

Vinyl cutter | Laser cutter

I got familiar with vinyl cutter and made a couple of stickers:

With laser cutter I designed and cut a prototype of a notetaking pad:

See documentation ›

Week 4

Week 4. Embedded Programming

Soldering | Microcontrollers | XIAO RP2040

This week I learned soldering and embedded programming and I made a simple space invaders imitation:

See documentation ›

Week 5

Week 5. 3D Printing and Scanning

My first 3D print | 3D tests | 3D scanning | 3D design & print

This week I learned about three types of 3D printing: FFF, multicolor FFF and SLA. We tested how 3D scanning works. Then I experimented Claude-Blender-MCP (LLM prompted 3D-modeling) and then by myself designed and 3D printed a russian doll type of a creation, (which didn't assemble as planned because I made it too thin):

See documentation ›

Week 6

Week 6. Electronics Design

Electronic test equipment | EDA KiCad | Simulation

This week I learned about test equipment for electronics: logic analyzer, oscilloscope, and multimeter

I simulated a LED blinking button push reaction game with Wokwi:

Then I designed a custom PCB for creating the game with KiCad:

See documentation ›

Week 7

Week 7. Electronics Production

PCB production process | Electronics for my reaction game PCB

This week I learned about PCB printing workflow and then printed and soldered the LED blinking button push reaction game that I had designed last week:

See documentation ›

Week 8

Week 8. Input Devices

"Touchpad" sensing capacitance | ToF distance sensor

I experimented with making a touchpad that senses the location of a pen, but couldn't make it work properly.

Then I made a simpler sensor device with Time of Flight proximity sensor: when hand is nearer than 10cm, the led starts blinking:

See documentation ›

Week 9

I designed and made a PCB that makes a servo motor move.

See documentation ›

Week 10

Week 10. Networking and Communications

UART/Serial | Bluetooth

I made a servo motor move based on the proximity of my hand using UART/Serial bus for communication between microcontrollers.

See documentation ›

Week 11

Week 11. Machine Design

Machine building group assignment | Redesigning machine part

In this week I was visting Istanbul Hisar FabLab. I set up the group assignment web page and then I rethought, designed, 3D printed and assembled a more usable (?) tool holder for Blot plotting machine:

See documentation ›

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