7. Computer-controlled
machining

Group assignment

During this week I learned how to use equations on solid Works and how to use the laser and vinyl cutter.

Tasks:

Make (design+mill+assemble) something big


Research

Electronics

Electronics studies the behavior of electrons and uses it to control, process, and transmit information by manipulating electric currents and semiconductor materials.

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Useful Sources

For this week first I tried to understand electronics and its basic concepts

To do this I took a youtoube basic electronics course and started reading the book "Practical electronics for inventors", Here are the sources:

Youtube course
Book

I took a lot of notes, in the image you can see one of my summaries.

Electronics design softwares

There are different design softwares like: Altium and KiCad.

I used KiCad because it is free and I found a lot of tutorials.

Schematic

Kerf

During class we got introduced to the term "kerf", which is the quantity of material that is removed during the cutting process.

Simulation

What I Learned in the Safety Training

What I learned in this week’s safety training was similar to the laser cutting training: you must always stay alert for any emergency in order to stop the machine if necessary. In addition, when you are working in the CNC area, you must wear special safety equipment: safety boots and a lab coat or coveralls. Personally, I also wore a face mask, safety glasses, and hearing protection.

PCB Design

Introduction

STEPS TO MAKE THE PIECES:

(text)

Download

3D viewer

🪵 Laser cutting result
🎨 Vinyl cutting result