[introduction] cad/cam, modeling, software
[press fit structure] laser cutter, vinyl cutter, plasma cutter/router
[printed circuit boards] pcb fabrication, board stuffing -
[cables] making molex<->serial and soic8<->parallel cables
[hello world] microcontroller programmingS
[coffee or tea] 3d scanning and printing
[input devices] sensors, instrumentation, light, sound, temperature, position, proximity-
[flexures] waterjet cutter, CNC milling and turning
[output devices] LEDs, OLDEs, LCDs, video, speakers, motors
[pdms] molding, forming, and casting
[internet zero] communications and networking
[Internet Ø] Let every device communicate with every other device. This is the goal of IØ. With just a little on-board intelligence, every device on an IØ network (including lights, toasters, dishwashers, cell phones, heating and cooling systems, security systems, computers, and much more) can not only monitor the status of every other device on the network, but can communicate with the internet as well. For this project, as an introduction to structuring an IØ network, I made two "light + button" boards connected to a serial bridge via a stereo cable hub. I should've added a 4th stereo receptor for power, but i just soldered a 9v power supply onto the traces to save time. Each button turns on its adjacent LED. The web site housed on the serial bridge is able to identify which light is on and which is off. From the web site, you can also turn each ligtht on and off. It's pretty dang sweet. Abstract from Neil Gershenfeld and Danny Cohen's Internet Ø: Interdevice Internetworking We present Internet Ø (IØ), which applies the original principles of the Internet to meet the new requirements for embedded networks. IØ's end-to-end modulation enables interdevice internetworking, reducing the cost and complexity of not just network nodes but also their installation and connection to the rest of the Internet. Implementations and applications of IØ are |
