Till Cremer
How to Make (Almost) Anything
Principles and practices, project management
Introducing Myself and Proposing a Potential Semester Project
Computer-aided design
Modeling a Possible Final Project
Computer-controlled cutting
Designing, Making, and Documenting a Press-Fit Construction Kit
Electronics production
Making the FabISP In-Circuit Programmer
3D scanning and printing
Designing and 3D Printing an Object That Could Not Be Made Subtractively, 3D Scanning an Object
Electronics design
Redrawing, Simulating and Making the Echo Hello-World Board Equipped With an Additional Button and LED
Embedded programming
Programming the Extended Echo Hello-World Board to Do Something
Computer-controlled machining
Making Something Big
Molding and casting
Designing a 3D Mold, Machining It, and Casting Parts From It
Input devices
Measuring Something: Adding a Sensor to a Self-Designed Microcontroller Board and Reading It
Output devices
Adding an Output Device to a Self-Designed Microcontroller Board and Programming It to Do Something
Composites
Designing and Making a 3D Mold (~ft2), and Producing a Fiber Composite Part in It
Networking and communications
Designing and Building a Wired &/or Wireless Network Connecting at Least Two Processors
Interface and application programming
Writing an Application that Interfaces With an Input &/or Output Device
Applications and implications
Proposing a Final Project that Integrates the Range of Units Covered:
What will it do?
Who's done what beforehand?
What materials and components will be required?
Where will they come from?
How much will it cost?
What parts and systems will be made?
What processes will be used?
What tasks need to be completed?
What questions need to be answered?
What is the schedule?
How will it be evaluated?
Mechanical design, machine design
Making a Machine, Including the End Effector and Automating Our Machine
Building the passive parts and operating it manually
Documenting the group project and my individual contribution
Invention, intellectual property, and income
Developing a Plan for Dissemination of My Final Project
Project development
Completing My Final Project, Tracking My Progress:
What tasks have been completed, and what tasks remain?
What has worked? What hasn't?
What questions need to be resolved?
What will happen when?
What have I learned?
Documentation during development
Demand- vs supply-side time management
Spiral development
Project presentation
Documenting a Final Project that Integrates the Range of Units Covered, Answering:
What does it do?
Who's done what beforehand?
What did I design?
What materials and components were used?
Where did they come from?
How much did they cost?
What parts and systems were made?
What processes were used?
What questions were answered?
How was it evaluated?
What are the implications?
Presenting My Project